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The Oregon Health Authority has given the all clear for people in the state to start kissing – and more – again. It comes almost 18 months after the public health authority first circulated advice warning Oregonians: “You are your safest sex partner.”
Pregnant women in Italy will be able to receive mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccinations in the second or third trimesters of their pregnancy, the country’s National Health Institute (ISS) has said.
ISS said its decision was due to growing evidence on the safety of vaccines during pregnancies for both the foetus and the mother. “Women wishing to be vaccinated in the first trimester of pregnancy should assess the risks and benefits with a doctor,” it said, citing evidence that fever, which is one of the possible reactions to the vaccine, can cause an increased risk of congenital malformations.