Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal, (23-26 April) found that most women who catch COVID-19 when pregnant pass antibodies to their unborn babies. Ad Antibodies to infections...
"Given that the burden of COVID-19 is greater in these populations, as is the burden of pre-term birth, it really points to the need for an equity approach," said Karasek. "With the surge in infections and increase in the Delta variant, we must think about pregnant people, especially ...
preterm birth overall [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.91; 95%CI 0.82–1.01)] or SGA (0.95; 95%CI 0.87–1.03), or when evaluating whether one or two doses of mRNA vaccines were received or the trimester of vaccination during pregnancy, compared to the risk in unvaccinated pregnant women [...
Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted between August-November 2021, during COVID-19 second wave in India. Term pregnant women (N=212) admitted to hospital for delivery were enrolled consecutively. Since hospital admission mandated negative RT-PCR tes...
This Viewpoint discusses the need for shared decision-making when counseling pregnant and nursing women about the unstudied benefits and risks COVID-19
you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or you have any serious or chronic disease. Pregnancy Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are or if you become pregnant. It is not known if Paxlovid can harm your unborn baby. Ritonavir can makebirth control pillsor birth control skin patches ...
How can pregnant women reduce their risk of catching COVID-19? Tuncalp says: "Pregnant women should take the same precautions to avoid COVID-19 infection as everyone else. You should wear a mask, wash your hands, keep physical distance, open windows as much as possible...
Sex of Fetus May Matter When COVID Strikes in Pregnancy THURSDAY, Oct. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When a pregnant woman is infected with COVID-19, the sex of the fetus may influence immune system activity, researchers say. The new study included 68 mothers-to-be. Thirty-eight develop...
On the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, high-risk and vulnerable groups in the population were at particular risk of severe disease progression. Pregnant women were one of these groups. The infectious disease endangered not only the physical hea
On average, the women were about 24 weeks' pregnant when they joined the study. The most common early symptoms were cough (20%), sore throat (16%), body aches (12%) and fever (12%). By comparison, fever occurs in 43% of hospital patients who are not pregnant.For...