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Pfizer to study COVID-19 vaccine on pregnant women
Clip: 2/19/2021 | 56sVideo has Closed Captions
A new clinical trial will study the effects of the vaccine on the mother and fetus.
Pfizer is now planning to enroll 4,000 pregnant women from the U.S. and several other countries in a new trial to study the effects of the vaccine. Women over the age of 18 and between 24 to 34 weeks into their pregnancy will be eligible. Some of the women will get the real vaccine while others will get a placebo.
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Pfizer to study COVID-19 vaccine on pregnant women
Clip: 2/19/2021 | 56sVideo has Closed Captions
Pfizer is now planning to enroll 4,000 pregnant women from the U.S. and several other countries in a new trial to study the effects of the vaccine. Women over the age of 18 and between 24 to 34 weeks into their pregnancy will be eligible. Some of the women will get the real vaccine while others will get a placebo.
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