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December 04, 2002

U.S. IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Rubella Vaccine Okay 1 Month Before Pregnancy"

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com) (12/03/02); McCook, Alison

One year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed the interval between rubella vaccination and pregnancy from three months to one month.  In the past, doctors had been told that women vaccinated against rubella less than three months before becoming pregnant were at risk of becoming infected by the disease and transmitting it to their children.  According to Dr. Laura Riley of Massachusetts General Hospital, the CDC shortened the interval between vaccination and pregnancy after several women accidentally became pregnant within three months of rubella vaccination, and then went on to have healthy children.  On Friday, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reaffirmed the CDC's recommendation, reducing the interval between vaccination against rubella and pregnancy from three months to one.

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