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-19 isn¡¯t often found in a patient¡¯s bloodstream.
As researchers have raced to understand the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy and infants, these findings offer good news to expecting parents.
¡°Analyses show that infection among infants born to women with COVID-19 was uncommon,¡± said Kate Woodworth, a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease and Prevention.
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