Pregnancy-associated deaths will increase in the COVID-19 era

Maternal mortality due to partner violence, suicide, and substance overdoses will increase due to COVID-19. Do blog da Maternal Health Task Force   By: Kathryn Mishkin, DrPH, MPH, MA, Associate Director of Evaluation, March of Dimes; Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, Chief Medical & Health Officer, SVP, March of Dimes; Roland Estrella, MS, MBA, Senior Director of […]

LONG-COVID IN CHILDREN – PARENTS AND FAMILIES’ PERSPECTIVES NEED TO BE HEARD

Frances Simpson is a founding member of LongCovidKids and LongCovidSOS and a Lecturer in Psychology at Coventry University. She is on Twitter: @FrancesorFran Carolyn Chew-Graham is a GP in Central Manchester and Professor of General Practice Research at Keele University; Carolyn’s main areas of interest include the primary care management of people with multiple health conditions and difficult […]

Grávidas correm risco 70% maior de infecção por Covid-19, diz estudo

Equipe de pesquisa coletou dados de 240 pacientes grávidas com Covid-19 em 35 hospitais e clínicas nos Estados Unidos Da CNN Brasil Estudo americano ressalta a prioridade de vacinas para gestantesFoto: Divulgação / Pixabay Um estudo publicado na terça-feira (16), no Jornal Americano de Obstetrícia e Ginecologia, mostra que a taxa de infecção de Covid-19 […]

Pfizer begins coronavirus vaccine trial in pregnant women

Do The Hill   © Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech on Thursday announced a new trial aiming to test the safety and efficacy of its coronavirus vaccine among pregnant women. The companies, which together produced one of the two COVID-19 vaccines the Food and Drug Administration approved for emergency use in the U.S., said in a […]

I’m an epidemiologist. I’ll be glad to get whatever vaccine I’m offered

The rapid development of effective, safe vaccines in just under a year is something of a scientific miracle Do Guardian   ‘Even the least effective vaccine available appears to reduce the risk of the things we care about most – hospitalisation and death – by a very large amount.’ Photograph: Michael Dantas/AFP/Getty Images At the start […]