The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) plans to develop and release recommendations on maternal immunizations, including COVID-19 vaccination, alongside the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy's Vaccine Integrity Project. [MEDPAGE TODAY]

The move comes after the CDC ended its recommendation for routine COVID vaccination among pregnant women and healthy children back in May.

In announcing the forthcoming recommendations, ACOG noted the "importance of unbiased, evidence-based guidance about maternal vaccination for respiratory conditions."

"All of ACOG's recommendations for maternal immunization are based on the available evidence, and that science hasn't changed," Steven Fleischman, MD, MBA, president of ACOG, said in a statement. "We have made the commitment to join the [Vaccine Integrity Project] because we want to ensure that absent the historically robust government-led annual review of data and subsequent evidence-based recommendations, our patients and our colleagues across the healthcare system are able to make maternal immunization decisions that are founded on science."

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