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Do COVID Vaccines Affect the Menstrual Cycle?

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English - January 13, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MB
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Boston University School of Public Health professor Lauren Wise shares an update on her research into whether COVID-19 vaccines impact the menstrual cycle. Wise is the principal investigator of PRESTO, or the Pregnancy Study Online, and in 2021 she was among a group of researchers awarded $1.67 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct this research. In this episode, Wise shares her initial insights into the research on the COVID vaccine’s potential impact on menstruation and other health outcomes, such as fertility.

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