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Pregnant women in Washington state were infected with COVID-19 at a 70% higher rate than others of similar ages, with nonwhite women shouldering a disproportionate burden, according to a study published yesterday in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Noting that population-based estimates of coronavirus infections in pregnancy are unreliable due to incomplete recording of pregnancy status or inclusion of only hospitalized patients, a team led by researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle analyzed data from 240 pregnant COVID-19 patients at 35 healthcare systems, capturing 61% of the state's annual births, from Mar 1 to Jun 30, 2020
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
News Release Wednesday, February 17, 2021 A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health will evaluate the effects of remdesivir in pregnant women who have been prescribed the drug to treat COVID-19. The study, which will be conducted at 17 sites in the continental United States and Puerto Rico, aims to determine how pregnant women metabolize the drug and whether there are any potential side effects
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
From Monday, Australias front-line health workers, quarantine staff, border control officers, and workers and residents in aged-care homes will be offered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Some of these workers will be women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, and/or breastfeeding
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
What happens to your body after pregnancy? Giving life to another human is a special and miraculous thing, but unsurprisingly, carrying them around in your belly for nine months and then pushing them out of you (or having them removed via C-section) can do some serious damage to your body
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are expecting another child almost two years after welcoming their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. In a break away from royal tradition, the pair announced the news via a spokesperson and released a black and white photograph of themselves, taken remotely by their friend Misan Harriman, in which Meghan displays her growing baby bump, dressed in a bespoke Carolina Herrera dress
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Indiana has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country. Legislation to allow pregnant women to ask employers for accommodations at work was heard in the Indiana House on Tuesday, but critics say its too weak and doesnt actually change anything. There are several bills in the General Assembly addressing pregnant worker accommodations.
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
A group of researchers is recommending the reclassification of the causes of pregnancy-related deaths, regardless of whether the complication was obstetric or medical. This is intended to help identify the human and other resources needed to end preventable maternal deaths, as women delay childbearing and present in pregnancy with pre-existing medical conditions, some undiagnosed. A study, entitled New Maternal Mortality Classification System Highlights the Importance of Infection Cause of Death among Jamaican Women, won for the group of four researchers the awards for best poster presentation and most impactful poster presentation at the 11th National Health Research Conference in November 2020.
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Posted: Feb 17, 2021 / 12:27 PM EST / Updated: Feb 17, 2021 / 05:03 PM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) The driver of a vehicle that hit a Fort Wayne Fire engine last month, killing a passenger, has been charged. Kareem J
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Posted on February 17, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
When they announced the news that they were expecting their second child, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex included a black-and-white photograph of them in their garden of their new homean intimate moment captured from thousands of miles away. Misan Harriman, the Nigerian-born, London-based photographer, has known Meghan for years, and was personally asked to photograph the couple ahead of their pregnancy announcement on Sunday. The picture shows a remarkably relaxed and informal Meghan and Harry posing beneath a magnificent tree.
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Media Advisory Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Longstanding obstacles to include pregnant and lactating people in clinical research have led to this population now deciding whether or not to receive a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine without the benefit of scientific evidence, writes Diana W. Bianchi, M.D., director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues. Their viewpoint article appears online in JAMA
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Richard Rockey Iverson | Bingham County Jail BLACKFOOT Investigators say the man at the center of a manhunt over the weekend allegedly sexually abused a teen girl that got pregnant. Richard Rocky Iverson, 43, is charged with five felony counts of lewd conduct with a child.
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Im delighted to announce my partner has been struck with a short-term disability. She is pregnant. Which, in the capitalist utopia that is the US, is pretty much the same thing
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Under wraps! Meghan Markle managed to keep her and Prince Harrys baby news a secret before her Valentines Day announcement. The Suits alum, 39, debuted her budding belly in a black-and-white photo with the former military pilot, 36.
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
When you think about your future, you never plan to be uprooted from the comfort of your home and find fragile safety in a tent, said 24-year-old Hiwot, from Ethiopias embattled Tigray Region. Yet this is exactly where she found herself in early December, while she was seven months pregnant. Fighting intensified around her neighbourhood, forcing her and her husband to flee.
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Posted on February 16, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Scott Allen Smith, 40, is charged with aggravated assault, harassment, reckless endangerment, and strangulation in the Jan.
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Posted on February 14, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Maternal and child health arecritical for digital solutions that positivelyimpact pregnancy outcomes.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
For more information, visitSMFM.org A prospective study has found that even though vitamin D prophylaxis fails to prevent hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, it does increase maternal and cord blood vitamin D levels. Study results were presented virtually at the 41st Annual Pregnancy meeting of the Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Pregnant women looking for guidance on Covid-19 vaccines are facing the kind of confusion that has dogged the pandemic from the start: The worlds leading public health organizations the U.S.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Her perfect room. Mandy Moore, who is pregnant with her and husband Taylor Goldsmiths first child, showed off her babys nursery ahead of the little ones birth. The This Is Us star, 36, shared a series of photos via her Instagram Story on Friday, February 5
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
A weekly column addressing your most sought-after health questions, answered by Harbin Clinics expert healthcare professionals. Question: Pregnancy and COVID-19: What are the risks? Dr.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Diabetes brought on by pregnancy might set a woman up for heart trouble later on, even if her blood sugar levels snap back to normal. That finding, from a large, long-term study, suggests that doctors should pay careful attention to the hearts of people who previously had gestational diabetes. The results, published online February 1 in Circulation, come from data collected by the CARDIA Study, a project designed to track heart health in young adults in the United States.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
February 5, 2021 By: Sheann Brandon, Loma Linda University Health News For a pregnant woman or a woman planning to become pregnant in the near future, the decision of whether to receive a vaccination to protect themselves from COVID-19 is difficult.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Mother and baby homes werent the only destination for women with unplanned pregnancies Last month, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes published the findings of its long-awaited final report. The report evoked a range of responses from members of the public including from those whose lives had been directly affected by crisis pregnancies of that era. These included women who had had unplanned pregnancies; social workers to whom they came for help; and families around the country who invited pregnant women into their homes for the duration of their pregnancies a system that from the 1970s served as an alternative to mother and baby homes
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Findings from a new study reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in pregnant women was associated with higher incidences of premature births. HCV infection was further linked to edemas, hypertension, and pruritus. Investigators from the Department of Infectious Disease and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland, evaluated the course of pregnancy among women infected with either viruses.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
Leah Remini, Molly Sims and Milla Jovovich each gained 70-80 pounds while pregnant. Theyre not alone.
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Posted on February 6, 2021 | Filed under Pregnancy | Permalink
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