UM Health Case Study Shows COVID-19 Transmitted From Mom to Baby, Causing Brain Injury
As the UHealth study by University of Miami doctors shows, COVID-19 is still capable of wreaking havoc — especially on pregnant women.
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As the UHealth study by University of Miami doctors shows, COVID-19 is still capable of wreaking havoc — especially on pregnant women.
Two mothers who gave birth in Miami, Florida, passed along the COVID-19 infection to their newborns through the placenta, potentially causing brain damage and death.
Researchers at UHealth-;the University of Miami Health System and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that, in two cases, COVID-19 infection breached the placenta and caused brain damage in the newborn.
It is the first study to confirm cross-placental SARS-CoV-2 transmission leading to brain injury in a newborn.