The study also showed that the number of COVID-19 infections in pregnant patients from nearly all communities of color in Washington was high. There was a twofold to fourfold higher prevalence of pregnant patients with COVID-19 infections from communities of color than expected based on the race-ethnicity distribution of pregnant women in Washington in 2018.
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Pregnant patients of minority communities had a two- to fourfold higher prevalence of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 infection rate among pregnant women was estimated to be 70% higher than in similarly aged adults in Washington state, according to a new study published today in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Other key findings include:
The study also showed that the number of COVID-19 infections in pregnant patients from nearly all communities of color in Washington was high. There was a twofold to fourfold higher prevalence of pregnant patients with COVID-19 infections from communities of color than expected based on the race-ethnicity distribution of pregnant women in Washington in 2018.
Fauci said on Wednesday that clinical trials with pregnant women will begin or are underway but will not need tens of thousands, just enough volunteers to show safety and efficacy.
Dr. Fauci assures that there are no red flags for pregnant women receiving COVID vaccines and says 10,000 have safely got shots so far
Dr Fauci said there have been no red flags as Moderna, Pfizer and the FDA have followed up with women who became pregnant in vaccine trials
Women were barred from COVID-19 vaccine trials, as is typical in shot studies, so there is little known about the effects
Dr Fauci said more than 10,000 women have had at least one dose of the shot
Pregnant women who catch coronavirus are at higher risk of stillbirth than other women and are 13 times more likely to die of the infection than others