Influenza and whooping cough vaccines safe in twin pregnancies

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2026-01-29 09:48

Australia; QLD; SA

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Women who receive the influenza or whooping cough vaccine during a twin pregnancy do not face a higher risk of birth complications, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Journal/
conference: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Research:Paper

Organisation/s: The University of Queensland, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Charles Darwin University

Funder: This study was originally funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant (GNT1141510). LM is supported by an NHMRC Emerging Leader (EL) 1 Investigator Grant (GNT2016407) at the University of Queensland. The funding sources had no role in the planning, study design, data collection, analysis or interpretation, reporting or publication of this study.

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