Medical Journal Articles
Ectopic Pregnancy Risk in Users of Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Systems With 52, 19.5, and 13.5 mg of Hormone by Amani Meaidi, MD, PhD, Christian Torp-Pedersen, MD, MMSc, Øjvind Lidegaard, MD, DMSc, et al JAMA March 21, 2023
Effect of Intrapartum Azithromycin vs Placebo on Neonatal Sepsis and Death:A Randomized Clinical Trial. by Anna Roca, PhD, Bully Camara, MD, Joel D. Bognini, MD; et al. JAMA March 7, 2023
Still Looking for a Simple, Effective Prevention Measure for Neonatal Sepsis in High-Mortality Settings by Stephanie J. Schrag, DPhil, and Cynthia G. Whitney, MD, MPH JAMA March 7, 2023
ADHD Drugs in Pregnancy Not Linked to Children’s Brain Development by Emily Harris JAMA March 1, 2023
Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery by Stephanie A. Fisher, MD, MPH, MS; Bethany T. Stetson, MD; Michelle A. Kominiarek, MD, MS JAMA February 10, 2023
Prompt HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral treatment in postpartum women is crucial for prevention of mother to child transmission during breastfeeding: Survey results in a high HIV prevalence community in southern Mozambique after the implementation of Option B by Sheila Fernández-Luis, Laura Fuente-Soro, Tacilta Nhampossa, et al PLoS One. 2022 Aug 2;17(8)
General Articles and Commentaries
The impact of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on its coverage in four sub-Saharan African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria) by Medicines for Malaria Venture
Why Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely to Die in the Care of White Doctors by Rob Picheta CNN
Pregnant women and their babies can find help among Rhode Island's Catholics by ACI Prensa
Aspirin and acetaminophen raise risk of severe pregnancy complications, study finds by Cassidy Morrison Washington Examiner
Pregnant women delaying getting vaccinated playing ‘Russian roulette’ by CathNews New Zealand
South African 10 babies story not true, inquiry finds by BBC News
Immunogenicity of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Pregnant and Lactating Women by Ai-ris Y. Collier, MD; Katherine McMahan, MS, Jingyou Yu, PhD; et al JAMA
Woman from Mali gives birth to 9 babies in Morocco by Baba Ahmed and Tarik El Barakah The Associated Press
Association of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy With Neonatal Outcomes by Mikael Norman, MD Lars Navér, MD; Jonas Söderling, PhD et al JAMA.April 29, 2021.
Morning Sickness – All You Need To Know by Gee Singh Primed Parents
FREE Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada by. Father Matthew P. Schneider, LC Patheos
On the Homeless Woman Arrested for Sheltering Her Children by Mary Pezzaulo Patheos
What Catholic midwives can teach us about labor and deliveryCreating new life is an act of collaboration with God. by Agnes R. Howard U.S.Catholic
Brazil provides more evidence on link between dolutegravir and birth defects by Hester Phillips Avert
Why Are So Few Drugs Tested for Safety in Pregnancy? Expectant mothers have long been excluded from clinical trials. by Jyoti Madhusoodanan Undark
How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth by Leslie Farrington Stat
Climate crisis poses serious risks for pregnancy, investigation finds by Emily Holden The Guardian/National Catholic Reporter
The hope and uncertainty of being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic by Kerry Weber America
Providing Safe Childbirth in Rural Pakistan by International Catholic Migration Association
Covid-19 General Articles and Commentaries
Change in the Incidence of Stillbirth and Preterm Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Asma Khalil, MD; Peter von Dadelszen, PhD; Tim Draycott, MD; et al JAMA. 2020;324(7):705-706
COVID-19: Breastfeeding still best for mothers, babies — UNICEF by Chioma Obinna Vanguard
Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pregnancy, and Breastfeeding: A Message for Patients by Lisa Hollier, MD, MPH, FACOG ACOG’
Her pregnancy was already high risk. Then she gave birth on a ventilator by Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post
An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United States by Sara N. Iqbal, M.D.and OthersTheNew EnglandJournal of Medicine
The hope and uncertainty of being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic by Kerry Weber America
How the Coronavirus Can Impact Pregnancies by Currents Staff New Evangelization Television (NEtP)
Covid-19 Medical Journal Articles
Why pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19 by Meredith Wadman Science
Coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant women: a report based on 116 cases by Jie Yan, MD, PhD and Others U.S. National Library of Medicine
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know by Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS and Others American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Caring for Women Who Are Planning a Pregnancy, Pregnant, or Postpartum During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS; Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH JAMA
An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United State by Sara N. Iqbal, M.D. and Others The New England Journal of Medicine
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