Examining the evidence on vaccine safety
We are part of the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD), a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several large health care systems, including HealthPartners.
Since 2012, our Institute VSD team has led several large observational studies of vaccine safety in pregnancy. Since 2020, we have been part of the VISION project, also a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several large health care systems. The VISION network has an overall aim of evaluating the effectiveness of vaccines in use in the United States.
Findings from VSD and VISION research have been presented at national conferences and to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). ACIP is a group of medical and public health experts that provide recommendations on use of vaccines for people in the United States.
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Key projects
COVID-19 mRNA vaccines not linked to increased risk of miscarriage
We led a study of new surveillance data that showed mRNA vaccines given during pregnancy did not increase the risk of miscarriage. The data suggest that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for people who are pregnant. The pregnancy data came from HealthPartners and eight other large health systems that are part of the VSD.