{"id":12582,"date":"2026-02-06T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=12582"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:22:11","slug":"study-covid-19-vaccine-does-not-reduce-fertility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/study-covid-19-vaccine-does-not-reduce-fertility\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: COVID-19 vaccine does not reduce fertility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span class=\"\">A new study conducted by scientists at <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"39\">Link\u00f6ping University<\/b><span class=\"\"> in Sweden has debunked myths circulating on social media claiming that COVID-19 vaccines lead to a decrease in birth rates.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The paper,<\/span><span class=\"\"> published in the journal <\/span><i class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"220\">Communications Medicine<\/i><span class=\"\">,<\/span><span class=\"\"> confirms that there is <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"268\">no link<\/b><span class=\"\"> between vaccination and impaired fertility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span class=\"\">To verify the baseless claims spread across social media,<\/span><span class=\"\"> researchers analyzed data from nearly <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"96\">60,000 women<\/b><span class=\"\"> aged 18 to 45 living in the J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span class=\"\">The study covered the period from <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"34\">2021 to 2024<\/b><span class=\"\">,<\/span><span class=\"\"> during which 75% of the women had received at least one dose of the vaccine.<\/span><span class=\"\"> The analysis showed that there are no statistically significant differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated women in terms of either birth rates or spontaneous abortions (miscarriages).<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span class=\"\">The study&#8217;s authors explain that the decline in birth rates in Sweden (and other countries) is due to entirely different,<\/span><span class=\"\"> more logical reasons.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Today,<\/span><span class=\"\"> the generation at the typical age of potential parenthood (around 30 years old) consists of those born in the late 1990s\u2014a period when Sweden was already experiencing low birth rates and a financial crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span class=\"\">Furthermore,<\/span><span class=\"\"> economic uncertainty related to the pandemic and changes in social behavior during lockdowns led many couples to temporarily postpone the decision to have children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span class=\"\">Researchers also accounted for the age factor of the women during their analysis to ensure maximum accuracy.<\/span><span class=\"\"> This study reaffirms that <\/span><b class=\"\" data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"135\">mRNA vaccines do not affect reproductive health<\/b><span class=\"\">,<\/span><span class=\"\"> and the causes of declining birth rates should be sought in demographic and socio-economic shifts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43856-026-01396-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study conducted by scientists at Link\u00f6ping University in Sweden has debunked myths circulating on social media claiming that COVID-19 vaccines lead to a decrease in birth rates. The paper, published in the journal Communications Medicine, confirms that there is no link between vaccination and impaired fertility. 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