CDC and Doctors Say Fewer Pregnant Women Getting Vaccines

Fewer pregnant women are getting influenza and other vaccines this year.

A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to a pregnant woman at a pop-up vaccination centre at the Redbridge Town Hall, east London, on Dec. 25, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as some doctors, say that fewer pregnant women are getting influenza and other vaccines this year.

A recent CDC report found that among 2,000 women who were pregnant during last year’s cold and influenza season, as the survey was carried out in March and April, about a quarter of them were “very hesitant” about getting a flu vaccine. A year before that, some 17.2 percent were very hesitant to receive the shot.