Emily Fay received her first dose of the COVID vaccine on December 24. Credit: courtesy of Emily Fay
Pregnant people werenât included in the Covid vaccine studies. So how do they decide about the shot? By
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Dr. Emily Fay is a maternal-fetal physician at the University of Washington. Sheâs seen healthy young women who are pregnant get seriously ill with Covid-19.
âWe ve had women who were hospitalized with Covid pneumonia, intubated in the intensive care unit, women who have had to deliver preterm, sometimes even very preterm,â Fay said. âSome of my colleagues have even had patients who have died from Covid-related complications.â
Emily Fay received her first dose of the COVID vaccine on December 24. Credit: courtesy of Emily Fay
Pregnant people werenât included in the Covid vaccine studies. So how do they decide about the shot? By
at 7:03 pm
Dr. Emily Fay is a maternal-fetal physician at the University of Washington. Sheâs seen healthy young women who are pregnant get seriously ill with Covid-19.
âWe ve had women who were hospitalized with Covid pneumonia, intubated in the intensive care unit, women who have had to deliver preterm, sometimes even very preterm,â Fay said. âSome of my colleagues have even had patients who have died from Covid-related complications.â
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Journal of Women s Health. Click here to read the article now.
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