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Pregnant women have historically been excluded from the majority of medical research under the justification of protecting these women and their pregnancies from harm. But when new treatments are not tested in this population, we cannot know whether those treatments are safe and effective.
People who are sick or have chronic conditions can become pregnant, and those who are pregnant can get sick or develop health conditions. More than 90 percent of women take at least one medicine during pregnancy, and a significant portion are given recommended vaccines: the flu shot and Tdap, both of which protect not only the recipient but their family as well.
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10 Questions Experts Still Have About the COVID-19 Vaccine
Written by Rajiv Bahl on December 17, 2020 Fact checked by Michael Crescione
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The first COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for use by the FDA this month, and a second vaccine made by Moderna may be authorized as soon as Friday.
But even with these authorizations, there are lingering questions about the vaccine, such as how effective it’ll be in the real world and how long it’ll offer protection.
We talked to experts about the questions they still have about the vaccine and when we might have answers.
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Should You Bank Your Babyâs Cord Blood?
The stem cells in this vital fluid could save someoneâs life, but it probably wonât be your childâs.
Credit.Jun Cen
Dec. 18, 2020
To bank or not to bank â that is the question I found myself reckoning with around six months into my pregnancy, when advertisements for private cord blood banks seemed to be popping up everywhere.
âProtect
what matters most,â a poster in my obstetricianâs office said. âBuild your family a healthy future,â an ad on my Instagram feed prompted.
At the time, I had no idea what cord blood was, or why Iâd want to pay some company hundreds of dollars per year to hold onto it. But didnât I want to protect my family? I was forced to pay attention.