Researchers from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Paediatrics at New York University Langone Health have published a small cohort of COVID-19 vaccinated pregnancies. More information can be found here.
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Researchers affiliated to the National Center for Birth Defect Monitoring of China have published a protocol describing a new multi-centre teratogen surveillance network in China. The surveillance system will combine pregnancy health records from numerous hospital sites to collect data on gestational medication use and pregnancy outcomes. More information can be found here. Photo by Samuel Scalzo on Unsplash
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Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada have published a narrative review of tocilizumab use for the treatment of COVID-19 in pregnancy. They located data describing 610 tocilizumab-exposed pregnancies, with 20 receiving treatment due to severe COVID-19. This review may be helpful for those providing counselling on the safety of COVID-19 treatments in pregnancy. More information can be found here. […]
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Researchers from the US CDC’s v-safe registry have published some preliminary data regarding the risk of miscarriage. Among women who were vaccinated either prior to pregnancy, or before 20 weeks gestational age, the age standardised cumulative risk of miscarriage was estimated to be 12.8% (95% CI: 10.8–14.8%), and in keeping with the expected background risk. More details can be found […]
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Researchers from the University of Rennes have published an observational study of women using disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) before conception and during pregnancy, and their pregnancy outcomes. More information can be found here. Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash
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Although tocilizumab has been shown to be efficacious in treating severe cases of COVID-19, data relating to the safety of tocilizumab use in pregnancy remain limited. A group of researchers from Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi have recently published two case reports describing tocilizumab treatment of COVID-19 in pregnancy. More details can be found here. Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash
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A case report has been published detailing a 40-year-old woman with psoriatic arthritis became pregnant during the first month of treatment with tofacitinib. More information can be found here. Photo by Imani Bahati on Unsplash
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Dental public health researchers from Saudi Arabia have conducted a survey to assess women’s perceptions of the risks associated with dental imaging during pregnancy. The study found many of the respondents believed there was a high risk of congenital malformation due to dental imaging, highlighting a need for improved education about radiation risks in pregnancy. More information can be found […]
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Researchers affiliated with the UK and Ireland Epilepsy and Pregnancy Register have published the data they have collected relating to the safety of zonisamide use in pregnancy. More details available here.
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Researchers from the University of Washington, Harvard Medical School, the University of California San Diego, and the US Food and Drug Administration have published the results of a pilot study investigating the feasibility of using a mobile app to collect supplementary health data from pregnant women. More details can be found here. Photo by Rahul Chakraborty on Unsplash
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