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by Hannah Joy on January 13, 2021 at 4:45 PM Medicaid enrollment in North Carolina has been simplified for the benefit of pregnant women, which allows women to access to crucial preventative health services, reveals a new study. . North Carolina did not expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, which continued to put many low-income women at risk for losing health care coverage post partum. The state did comply with ACA standards for simplifying Medicaid enrollment, automating the process and removing a stringent and often cumbersome financial assessment process. ‘Pregnant women in North Carolina gain access to more comprehensive coverage through simplified full Medicaid enrollment. ....
Pregnant Women Serve as Primary Roll Out for COVID-19 Vaccination by Karishma Abhishek on December 23, 2020 at 12:00 AM High vulnerability of pregnant women to develop severe SARS-CoV-2 infection - COVID-19 and the unknown potency of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 immune response in their offsprings, schedules the need to consider them for COVID-19 vaccination, as per a study at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), published in JAMA Network Open. 127 pregnant women in their third trimester who received care at three Boston hospitals between April 2 and June 13, 2020, were included in the study. There were 64 women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, among which no virus in maternal or cord blood or placentas (despite detection in the women s respiratory system), were detected. ....
Many Coronavirus Positive Pregnant Women are Asymptomatic by Colleen Fleiss on December 12, 2020 at 10:25 PM Majority of pregnant women, who tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival to the delivery room were asymptomatic, said researchers. In a retrospective cross-sectional study of universal screenings for SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 implemented in the labour and delivery unit of Elmhurst hospital at Queens, New York, during March and April, the researchers found that more than one-third of nearly 130 pregnant women tested positive for the coronavirus. According to the study published in the journal PLOS One , this is a much higher proportion than reported at other hospitals in New York City during the pandemic surge, and are likely related to social inequities experienced by the surrounding population. ....