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Anna C Mastroianni1,2, Leslie Meltzer Henry1,3
1From the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
In the last decade, there has been a notable surge in efforts to address longstanding obstacles to the conduct of clinical trials during pregnancy. This brief report draws attention to recent initiatives in vaccine and pregnancy-related research and highlights opportunities for researchers and clinicians to advance maternal immunization research, benefiting the health of pregnant women, fetuses and neonates.
In the last decade, there has been a notable surge in efforts to address longstanding obstacles to the conduct of clinical trials during pregnancy. This brief report draws attention to recent initiatives in vaccine and pregnancy-related research and highlights opportunities for researchers and clinicians to advance maternal immunization research, benefiting the health of pregnant women, fetuses and neonates.
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