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Global study suggests pregnant women who get COVID-19 have higher risk of complications, death
By Kelly Hayes
There is still limited data about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for women who are pregnant.
A large study involving hundreds of women around the world suggests that those who get COVID-19 during pregnancy have higher risks for death, the need for intensive care, preterm birth and other complications.
The new research, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, adds to current the understanding of the risk pregnant women who get the virus face, as well as their newborns. It echoed the results of smaller studies.
April 23, 2021
WWAMI Medical Education Program student Bret Andrew, of Casper, has some fun with his sister, Samantha. Andrew advocated for a bill passed by the Wyoming Legislature prohibiting insurance companies and health care services from discriminating against individuals, based on disability, for organ transplants and related procedures. (Andrew Family Photo)
Training future physicians includes more than medical education. Leadership, especially in patient advocacy and community health education, is one of the additional skills prioritized for students in the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WWAMI) Medical Education Program at the University of Wyoming.
As a first-year medical student, Casper native Bret Andrew was well prepared to speak about health care equity a topic that is an integral part of his life, his family and his future role as a physician in Wyoming.
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Women and their babies in the study were also at risk for preterm birth, preeclampsia and admission to the ICU.
In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus.
UW Medicine and University of Oxford doctors led this first-of-its-kind study, published today in JAMA Pediatrics. The investigation involved more than 100 researchers and pregnant women from 43 maternity hospitals in 18 low-, middle- and high-income nations; 220 of the women received care in the United States, 40 at UW Medicine. The research was conducted between April and August of 2020.