Specifically the study found:
Pregnant women with COVID-19 had 3.5 times higher COVID-19 associated hospitalization rate than the similarly aged general population in Washington state.
COVID-19 mortality rates were 13 times higher in pregnant mothers than in similarly aged individuals. This said, most of the pregnant patients with COVID-19 had asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 disease and healthy pregnancies.
The three women who died of COVID-19 in Washington state were from minority ethnic groups and most of them had other conditions such as obesity and hypertension.
Of the 240 pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infections detected through June, three died from COVID-19, while 24 patients were hospitalized for COVID-19. Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf, an obstetrician-gynecologist with the University of Washington School of Medicine, and senior author of the study, noted that this shows a severe underreporting of mortality related to COVID among mothers in the United States.
6 Steps to Take After a Kidney Cancer Diagnosis
A kidney cancer diagnosis can be life-altering news, but there are ways you can take control. Find out what you can do to get organized, get informed, and get the support you need.
January 26, 2021
From where to go for reliable information about kidney cancer to which healthcare professionals to include in your treatment team, here’s what you can do to optimize your care after your diagnosis.
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If you’ve been recently diagnosed with kidney cancer, you’re not alone: More than 76,000 people are expected to be diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2021, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). And if you feel overwhelmed by your diagnosis, it’s important to keep in mind that this is a normal reaction. “A kidney cancer diagnosis is really like a trauma,” says Evan T. Hall, MD, an oncologist who specializes in skin cancer and kidney cancer at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and an assistant professor at the Univer
Mario Gutierrez consults Prof. Lola Eniola while using fluorescent microscopy to study the effect of red blood rigidification on the thermodynamics of blood flow. Graduate students and post-docs work at Prof. Lola Eniola’s Cell Adhesion & Drug Delivery Lab in North Campus Research Complex. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Multimedia Director and Senior Producer, University of Michigan, College of Engineering
White researchers are nearly twice as likely to be awarded a grant than Black scientists of similar academic achievement, studies of National Institutes of Health funding programs show and a group of 19 biomedical engineering leaders is calling on NIH and other funding agencies to address the stark disparity.
How assertive community treatment programs help break the cycle of homelessness
Assertive community treatment programs are a comprehensive care approach that aims to help people dealing with mental illness or substance abuse problems. Author: Roberta Romero Updated: 2:03 PM PST January 27, 2021
SEATTLE The homeless population could grow when the eviction moratorium ends in March. With the economic uncertainty mental health needs are compounded for many of us, especially for those of us who were vulnerable to begin with.
Ravenna Candy is a licensed mental health counselor, and the director of supported housing programs at Navos. She said homelessness is a community health issue that affects us all. She talked with KING 5’s Michelle Li about some of the solutions mental health care organizations are providing to people experiences homelessness in western Washington.
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IMAGE: Omolola Eniola-Adefeso, the University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, is the senior author on the Jan. 26, 2021, Cell paper on inequities. view more
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Representatives from a network of women deans, chairs and distinguished faculty in biomedical engineering are calling upon the National Institutes of Health and other funding agencies to address disparities in allocating support to Black researchers. The group made the call to action in the Jan. 26, 2021, issue of the journal
Cell.
In examining the racial inequities and injustices that prevent Black faculty from equitably contributing to science and achieving their full potential, insufficient federal funding for research by Black scientists rose to the top as a key issue.