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Jan 30, 2021 06:19 AM EST
A new study reveals that pregnant women infected with COVID-19 may give protective antibodies to their unborn child.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 can transfer antibodies to their babies
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BURNLEY, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Neonatal Nurse Kirsty Hartley cares for premature baby Theo Anderson in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital in East Lancashire, during the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, on May 15, 2020 in Burnley, England.
COVID-19 antibodies can be passed into the unborn baby s placenta if the mother caught the coronavirus while pregnant, Philadelphia-based researchers found. These findings are a good sign for concerned parents. However, parents are unable to assert with certainty that the infected mother s newborn will be safe from COVID-19 as the science is still evolving, researchers say.
Veteran US performer Cloris Leachman, best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Facts of Life and Mel Brooks comedies, has died, aged 94.
She died in California of natural causes on Tuesday.
Her longtime manager Juliet Green said, “It’s been my privilege to work with Cloris Leachman, one of the most fearless actresses of our time. There was no one like Cloris. With a single look she had the ability to break your heart or make you laugh ’till the tears ran down your face. You never knew what Cloris was going to say or do and that unpredictable quality was part of her unparalleled magic.”
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Jan 28, 2021 06:42 AM EST
A miracle baby was 15 weeks premature, weighing just 1lb 11 oz when born, conquered E.coli, sepsis, and COVID-19 despite the odds.
A miracle baby born prematurely beat E.coli, sepsis, and COVID-19
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Miracle Baby: 15-Weeks Premature Withstand Odds, Beat E.Coli, Sepsis, and COVID-19 After He was Born A miracle baby was 15 weeks premature weighing just 1lb 11 oz when he was born, conquered E.coli, sepsis, and COVID-19 despite the odds.
On December 1, a baby named Archie Edwards left his parents, Robert Edwards and Sheree Murray, in fear after he was born at Burnley General Hospital, without a heartbeat. The stillborn miracle baby was resuscitated. After 40 minutes of chest compressions, he was placed on a ventilator, which his father felt like an eternity.
Outtakes: Wee Li l Mia s not so Wee anymore
Frank Weaver Jr.
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If you recall our youngest granddaughter, Mia, she of whom I ve dubbed “Wee Li l Mia” in previous columns, you may have wondered what ever happened to her. It s been many moons since I ve updated you so, to begin, she s not so “wee” anymore.
To give you some background, when she was born she was given way less than a 10 percent chance of surviving. Our daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Bobby, had her air-lifted to C. S. Mott Children s Hospital, part of the huge University of Michigan Hospital complex in Ann Arbor. So bleak was Mia s hope for surviving that, to be with her during an emergency, Wendy and Bobby, along with their three other daughters, Nina, AnnaMay and Ella, lived together in one room on campus at the nearby Ronald McDonald House and attended Sunday church services there for almost a year.
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But Kasen managed to fight through COVID-19 and his fever broke within four days. He always seems to wow his doctors. He is a blessing, and he is a miracle, Mitayah said.
Two weeks later, in December, Mitayah learned the joyous news that her baby boy finally had a liver donor. My heart was so overjoyed that that s all I could do was cry, she said.
Kasen received his transplant on Jan. 3 and is currently healthy, his mother said. But Kasen is still required to stay at the hospital for the next six months as he recovers, meaning Mitayah and other family members likely have to to relocate to Pittsburg.