Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are major drivers of preterm birth, emergency delivery, seizures, stroke, organ injury, long-term cardiovascular disease, and maternal and fetal death.

A newly published CDC registry study compared ~8,000 vaccinated pregnant women to ~8,000 matched unvaccinated pregnancies and found:

• 15% rate of hypertensive disorders in vaccinated pregnancies
• 12% rate in unvaccinated pregnancies
• Adjusted relative risk: 1.24
• Statistically significant
• Persisted in sensitivity analyses

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