Category: Maternal Health
Underwood, Kelly, Adams, Booker Lead Over 160 Members of Congress Urging House and Senate Leadership to Prioritize Maternal Health In Next Recovery Package.
Members are urging Leadership to include the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act and a permanent expansion of yearlong postpartum Medicaid coverage
New CDC Data: COVID-19 Vaccination Safe for Pregnant People
“CDC encourages all pregnant people or people who are thinking about becoming pregnant and those breastfeeding to get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19,” said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. “The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been more urgent to increase vaccinations as we face the highly transmissible Delta variant and […]
Pregnant, Unvaccinated and Intubated: Case Surge Alarms Doctors
More young and healthy pregnant people are ending up hospitalized on ventilators, delivering babies prematurely and sometimes dying from Covid-19 during the delta-fueled spike in cases. Doctors across the country are reporting this trend, not seen in previous surges, largely in the South but also in states like California and Washington. As of Aug. 14, […]