When Pregnant Women Are Involved in Trials?

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In te short term, babies seem to fare pretty well in terms of their immediate outcomes. So i'm really curious if the attentions around when pregnant women are included in trials? Niddy suberaman: My renewed, you know, push and if the pace of how fast, you know, back scenes developed this time translates to the question of when pregnant woman are included in ry such trials.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been many open questions about how COVID-19 could impact pregnant people and their babies – confounded by a lack of data.

But now, studies are finally starting to provide some answers. While it does seem that pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of hospitalisation, babies appear to be spared from severe illness in most cases.

In this week’s Coronapod we talk about these findings, and the questions that remain – including whether vaccines are safe to give to pregnant people.

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