Medical Journal Articles
Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens by Jin K. Park, AB, Clarisa Reyes-Becerra, JD, and Medha D. Makhlouf, JD JAMA July 18, 2023
State Public Insurance Coverage Policies and Postpartum Care Among Immigrants by Maria W. Steenland, SD; Rachel E. Fabi, PhD; Meghan Bellerose, MPH3, et al JAMA July 18, 2023
Two Pink Lines by Victoria Mitre, MD JAMA June 15, 2023
Worsening US Maternal Death Rates by JN Learning AMA July 3, 2023
Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States by Laura G. Fleszar, MPH, Allison S. Bryant, MD, MPH, Catherine O. Johnson, PhD, MPH, et al.JAMA July 2, 1012
Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens by Jin K. Park, AB, Clarisa Reyes-Becerra, JD, and Medha D. Makhlouf, JD JAMA June 29, 2023
Addressing Maternal Mortality in the US—A Pediatrics Responsibility by Kristan Scott, MD;, Emily F. Gregory, MD, MHS, and Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH JAMA May 8 , 2023
Pausing Endocrine Therapy for Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Found Safe by Emily Harris JAMA May 17, 2023
Pregnancy Outcomes in a US Cohort of Transgender People by Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSc, Michelle H. Moniz, MD, MSc, and Halley Crissman, MD, MPH; et al. JAMA May 11, 2024
National Trends in Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Youth, 2011-2020 by Tanner J Bommersbach, MD, MPH; Alastair J. McKean, MD; Mark Olfson, MD, MPH; et al. JAMA May 2, 2023
Prednisone vs Placebo and Live Birth in Patients With Recurrent Implantation Failure Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Yun Sun, MD, PhD, Linlin Cui, MD, PhD, Yao Lu, MD, MMSc, et al .JAMA May 2, 2023
Early Pregnancy Loss by Kristin Walter, MD, MS JAMA April 7, 2024
Birth Outcomes Following Assisted Reproductive Technology Conception Among Same-Sex Lesbian Couples vs Natural Conception and Assisted Reproductive Technology Conception Among Heterosexual Couples by Alice Goisis, PhD, Agneta Cederström, PhD, and Pekka Martikainen, PhD JAMA April 4, 2023
Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV/AIDS During Pregnancy by Ahizechukwu C. Eke, MD, PhD, MPH, Shahin Lockman, MD, and M. Mofenson, MD JAMA April 3, 2023
Maternal Opioid Treatment After Delivery Poses Low Risk to Infants by Emily Harris JAMA March 29, 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
FDA approves first postpartum depression pill in the US by Jacqueline Howard CNN
Scientists have created embryo models from stem cells – it could help us better understand infertility and miscarriage by Roger Sturmey The Conversation
Asthma in Pregnancy by Jenny Huang, MD and Jennifer Namazy, MD JAMA May 26,2023
Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. She Blames a System That Doesn’t Always Listen to Mothers. by Duaa Eldeib ProPublica
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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