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Senators Release Fauci Texts Showing He Raised Theoretical Miscarriage Risk After Second Covid Dose

The disclosure highlights differences between private uncertainty by health officials and later public assurances and could shape ongoing congressional oversight and public confidence.

Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol on July 29, 2026, in Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 29: Former NIH Director Anthony Fauci listens during a hearing with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Fauci declined to answer questions from the committee asserting his fifth amendment right during the hearing. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Overview

  • Republican Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul released a first batch of messages on Monday from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s government phone that include a Jan. 25, 2021 text discussing pregnancy and vaccination.
  • In the exchange Fauci told then‑CDC director Rochelle Walensky and then‑Surgeon General Vivek Murthy that cytokine reactions and fever after a second vaccine dose "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester."
  • The same thread shows officials weighing WHO guidance and limited trial data for pregnant people while Fauci later publicly said regulators had seen "no red flags" and federal bodies recommended vaccination in pregnancy.
  • Senate investigators say the device contains roughly 34,000 text messages and 522 voicemails and have already advanced oversight steps, including a contempt referral after Fauci invoked the Fifth during prior testimony.
  • The release renews debates about transparency, informed consent and gaps in pregnancy safety data and signals senators will review and publish more material as their probe continues.