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Researchers from the UK Obstetric Surveillance System have published some preliminary evidence describing the characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of women admitted to hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection. More information can be found here. Photo by CDC on Unsplash

A collaborative of researchers have utilised linked Danish national healthcare register data to assess the risk of adverse pregnancy and fetal outcomes following maternal use of fexofenadine. More information can be found here. Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

Researchers from Lausanne University Hospital and the Swiss Institute of Primary Health Care have published a narrative review which summarises the existing knowledge about how coronaviruses (including MERS, SARS and SARS-CoV-2) can impact pregnant patients. The review also includes a useful discussion of the therapeutic treatment options available for pregnant women, and contrasts existing antenatal management guidance proposed by RCOG, […]

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health have published a study conducted using data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study, which has investigated the impact of maternal caffeine consumption during pregnancy on offspring neurodevelopment. More information can be found here. Photo by Mike Kenneally on Unsplash

A collaborative of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston and Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health have analysed data from the Medicaid Analytic eXtract and found a small increase in the risk of musculoskeletal malformation following first trimester oral fluconazole use. More information cab be found here. Photo by kgrkz on Unsplash

Researchers from the Institute of Molecular Virology and the Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene at Ulm University Medical Center have reported the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in human breastmilk. More information can be found here. Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash

A collaborative of researchers from the Swedish Neuroscience Institute and Sanofi have published an updated report of pregnancies which occurred in patients undergoing leflunomide treatment in clinical trials or collected by the manufacturer in routine post-marketing surveillance. More information can be found here. Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

Researchers from the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Iran have published a small case series of obstetric and fetal outcomes following scorpion envenomation during pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash

Researchers from the Terafar Teratology Information Center at Izmir Katip Celebi University in Turkey have published an updated literature review which summarises the safety of azithromycin use in pregnancy and breastfeeding. More information can be found here. Photo by Amanda Jones on Unsplash