San Antonio hospitals report significant rise in pregnant women testing positive for COVID-19
Increases come as Delta variant spreads in Bexar County
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Local hospitals urging pregnant women to get vaccinated amid rise in COVID-19 cases
SAN ANTONIO – At least three of San Antonio’s major hospital systems report pregnant women are included in the surge of COVID-19 cases brought on by the highly contagious Delta variant.
“We’ve had a huge rise in the number of pregnant cases we’re seeing,” said Dr. Patrick Ramsey, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at University Health and a professor at UT Health.
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Women who conceived via assisted reproductive technologies (ART) were more likely to develop eclampsia during pregnancy, researchers found.
ART procedures, such as in vitro fertilization, were associated with more than a 50% increased risk of eclampsia (aOR 1.53, 95% CI 1.40-1.67), reported Adriana Facchiano, a medical student at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and colleagues.
Multiple gestations which occurred in almost 30% of ART pregnancies also were associated with eclampsia, and more research is needed to analyze this potential risk, Facchiano said in a presentation at the American College for Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) virtual meeting.
Federal courts block Tennessee s abortion reversal law
The law was opposed by several medical organizations, such as the American Medical Association and the American College for Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Author: WBIR Staff Updated: 11:28 PM EST February 26, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. A federal court in Nashville issued a preliminary injunction for Tennessee s abortion reversal law on Friday, blocking it from taking effect, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee
The law would require providers to tell patients that the chemical abortions using mifepristone could be reversed halfway through the procedure. It would also require some offices and centers to post a sign that tells patients mifepristone may not be effective in ending a pregnancy.
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