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Researchers included 127 pregnant women who were admitted to Boston hospitals during the spring in the study. The researchers looked at levels of the coronavirus in respiratory, blood and placental tissue samples and the formation of maternal antibodies and how well those antibodies traveled through the placenta to the fetus. Of the 64 who tested positive, 23 of the women were asymptomatic, 22 had mild disease, seven had moderate disease, 10 had severe disease while two of them had critical dis...

Celebrating the Literacy Champions We Lost in 2020 ILA Staff Share As the year comes to a close, reflecting back on the last 12 months is natural. For many people, 2020 was a particularly challenging year. As we at ILA look to a brighter future in 2021, we want to recognize and honor the literacy champions to whom we said goodbye this year. These teachers, researchers, and literacy leaders dedicated their lives to the advancement of the field of literacy, and we are grateful for their servic...

December 23, 2020 By Perry King The coronavirus may have put a wrench in how the world at-large got together to collaborate and celebrate, the OISE community worked diligently to make 2020 a fruitful, connective one for students, faculty and staff. Below is a tally of some of the achievements and memorable moments that followed the OISE community in 2020.  In this episode of the OISE Stay at Home Club, Brittany Cohen and Shawn Matts share their journey starting a YouTube channel for K-8 k...

Nenad Stojkovic / Flickr cc No vertical—mom-to-baby—transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, occurred in a study of 64 pregnant women with confirmed COVID, reports a study yesterday in While placental positioning of the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2) receptors—two main ways SARS-CoV-2 enters cells—may provide fetal protection in utero, the researchers found unexpectedly low transference of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies fr...

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat says virus mutations ‘occur commonly and often’ and that the vaccinations have ‘been shown to still be effective’ amid new strain discovered in the U.K. In a study of pregnant women who were admitted to Boston hospitals during the spring of 2020, those who contracted coronavirus during the third trimester were unlikely to pass the infection on to their newborns. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was published in the journal JAMA Network ...

None of their babies were infected with the coronavirus after birth     There was also no coronavirus detected in the placenta of the baby   Pregnant women who catch the coronavirus do not pass it on to their unborn children, according to data from a new study.  US-based researchers followed 64 women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, between April 2 and June 13.  ADVERTISEMENT None of the babies tested positive for Covid-19 after they were born, and no...

Ukraine: EU supports opening of two clubs for fathers in Vinnytsia and Odesa [EN/UK] 22 December, 2020 - 13:50 Country: Ukraine Sources: United Nations Population Fund, UN Women Please refer to the attached files. Odesa and Vinnytsia became the first cities in Ukraine to open their fathers’ clubs, “TatoHub.Vinnytsia” and “TatoHub.Odesa”, to help maximise men’s involvement in childcare and promote harmonious family relationships. The two clubs were opened in the fram...

What Medical care for newborn infants who were exposed to opioids in the womb varied widely across 30 hospitals nationwide, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study authors say that the findings underscore the need for clinical trials to determine the most effective treatments. The study was conducted by Leslie Young, M.D., of the University of Vermont and colleagues in the Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW) Program, par...

by Melani Manel Perera The shutdown of nine factories in two free trade zones has resulted in more than 3,400 people, mostly young migrant women, losing their job. RED and other humanitarian organisations are providing food and assistance, including legal aid, to the unemployed. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Due to the health emergency, nine factories have closed down and more than 3,400 people employed at the Katunayake and Biyagama Free Trade Zones (FTZ) have lost their job. For the Revolutionary Ex...

COVID-19 frontline health workers require protection 22nd December 2020 A healthcare worker walks beside an ambulance in Tangerang, Banten, (12/11/2020). . (ANTARA FOTO/FAUZAN) No country, hospital, or clinic can keep its patients safe unless it keeps its health workers safe A year since the first case of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection was reported in Wuhan City, China, the SARS CoV-2 virus has infected over 77 million globally and killed 1.7 million of them. COVID-19 has...