Category: Maternal Health

“SMFM applauds the FDA’s recent decision, which will allow pregnant and lactating people to access the COVID-19 vaccine. It is expected that this decision will impact pregnant and lactating healthcare workers beginning as early as next week. In addition to affording significant individual-level protections, keeping health care workers safe enables them to continue to provide […]

In this exploratory analysis of a convenience sample, receipt of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine was immunogenic in pregnant women, and vaccine-elicited Pregnant women with symptomatic COVID-19 have a higher risk of intensive care unit admission, mechanical ventilation, and death compared with other women in their reproductive years. Increases in preterm birth and stillbirth also have […]

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), the two leading organizations representing specialists in obstetric care, recommend that all pregnant individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19. The organizations’ recommendations in support of vaccination during pregnancy reflect evidence demonstrating the safe use of the COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy from […]

If you’re currently expecting or thinking about getting pregnant soon, you may be wondering if you should get a COVID-19 vaccine. Here’s what to know about the COVID-19 vaccines if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding.

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country and the crisis is getting worse. The burden weighs heaviest on Black women, who are more than twice as likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than the national average rate for all women, regardless of education level or other socioeconomic factors. The majority […]

The Energy & Commerce Committee advanced critical investments from the Momnibus, including funding to address social determinants of maternal health, grow and diversify the perinatal workforce, and support community-based organizations working to promote maternal health equity Black Maternal Health Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Lauren Underwood (IL-14) and Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12) applauded the Energy and Commerce Committee for advancing critical investments from […]

Clinical trials for both the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and Moderna messenger RNA (mRNA)-1273 COVID-19 vaccines demonstrated ability to prevent infection and severe disease, leading to emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December 2020.1,2 The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and The Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine have recommended that these […]

Although the California Department of Public Health has not released figures on the number of women with postpartum depression since 2018, experts say that an increase in calls from women asking for help from local nonprofit organizations, along with lengthening hospital waiting lists, indicate that postpartum depression cases may have increased dramatically over the course […]