ArticleScientific reports2022
Web and social media searches highlight menstrual irregularities as a global concern in COVID-19 vaccinations.
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- Prevalence of menstrual alterations following COVID-19 vaccination: systematic review & meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Menstrual disorders following COVID-19 vaccination: a review using a systematic search.Frontiers in drug safety and regulation · 2024Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccination and menstrual disorders among women: Findings from a meta-analysis study.Journal of infection and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Inflammatory mechanisms of menstrual cycle changes following COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents.Vaccine · 2026Article
- Coronavirus disease vaccine linked menstrual changes: mobile application study.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2025Article
- Association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and healthcare contacts for menstrual disturbance and bleeding in women before and after menopause: nationwide, register based cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
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- Public Opinion Manipulation on Social Media: Social Network Analysis of Twitter Bots during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Delineation of public concerns that prevent vaccine compliance is a major step in generating assurances and enhancing the success of COVID-19 prevention programs. We therefore sought to identify public concerns associated with COVID-19 vaccines, as reflected by web and social media searches, with a focus on menstrual irregularities. We used trajectory analyses of web and social media search data in combination with global COVID-19 data to reveal time-dependent correlations between vaccination rates and the relative volume of vaccine and period related searches. A surge of period and vaccine related Google searches followed the introduction of Covid vaccines around the world, and the commencement of vaccination programs in English speaking countries and across the United States. The relative volume of searches such as "Covid vaccine menstrual irregularities", "Covid vaccine menstrual period", "Pfizer vaccine menstruation", and "Moderna vaccine menstruation" was each significantly correlated with vaccination rates (Spearman r = 0.42-0.88, P = 4.33 × 10
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