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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

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have updated their recommendations and conclusions about tobacco and nicotine cessation in pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by Mathew MacQuarrie on Unsplash

Researchers from the University of Bologna in Italy have published a systematic review of cases describing COVID-19 infection in pregnancy. More information can be found here. Photo by CDC on Unsplash

ENTIS affiliated researchers from the Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (Paris-COCHIN) have analysed the spontaneous reports of gestational dolutegravir exposure and neural tube defects in the WHO worldwide pharmacovigilance database (VigiBase). More information here. Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash

Published in the Motherisk International Journal, this knowledge summary provides a useful overview of the fetal and infant risks following maternal exposure to hydroxychloroquine in pregnancy and breastfeeding. More information is available here. Photo by The-Lore.com on Unsplash

Guidance for healthcare professionals on managing coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in pregnancy has been jointly published by the UK Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Royal College of Midwives and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, with input from the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Public Health England and Health Protection Scotland. The updates included in these guidelines reflect recent changes […]