Prognosis
Pregnant Women With Covid Are Unlikely to Transmit to Babies
- A growing body of research suggests fetal transmission is rare
- Covid still presents increased disease risk for expecting moms
A nurse helps a pregnant woman at the maternity of a hospital in Paris.
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Pregnant women who are positive with Covid-19 when they give birth rarely transmit the virus to their newborns, according to a spate of new research. The reason: Covid isn’t often found in a patient’s bloodstream.
As researchers have raced to understand the effects of Covid on pregnancy and infants, these findings offer good news to expecting parents.