Fears that the vaccines potentiallycause infertilityhas proliferated widely on the internet.
Now, a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is dispelling that myth.
The study was published in theAmerican Journal of Epidemiology.
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Study participants identified as female, living in the United States or Canada between December 2020 to September 2021.
However, male participants showed few changes.
Males that received at least one dose showed a slight increase in conception (5%).
Fully vaccinated males conceived at the exact rate as unvaccinated males.
Other studies support these findings.
There was no impact if male partners had an infection at least 60 days prior.
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One NIH study found no increased risk of miscarriages back in September 2021.
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2021;385(16):1533-1535. doi:10.1056/nejmc2113891
