How does intimate partner violence impact pregnancy?
Reproductive Health
Roopa Seshadri, PhD, AM
How does intimate partner violence impact pregnancy? TL;DR: Survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy, both parents and infants, experience long-term emotional trauma and chronic health problems, and timely support can help prevent it. *If you or anyone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY). Read more…
What do we need to know about Black Maternal Health?
Reproductive Health
Black Maternal Health Awareness Week is wrapping up. What do we need to know about Black Maternal Health? During pregnancy, childbirth, or the first 42 days after delivery of a living child, Black people are dying at almost three times the rate (CDC, 2021) as white people. More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable Read more…
What is preeclampsia? Who is most at risk? What should we be aware of?
Reproductive Health
MK Haber, FNP-C, IBCLC
Preeclampsia and other severe pregnancy complications, especially among Black people, have thankfully been getting more attention in the media in the last couple of weeks. These individual stories are so important because they humanize what can sometimes become numbing statistics. And they are highlighting some of the significant health disparities in the U.S. that Black Read more…
Are there differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) between women and men?
General Health
Megan Madsen, DO
Risk factors and symptoms of CVD can be different for women. Estrogen plays an important role in risk for CVD. Besides chest pain, women may have subtle symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, milder discomfort in the chest, back and abdomen or a sensation of generalized weakness. **Nerds, for the purpose of this article, “women” refers Read more…
Si estás embarazada- por favor, ¡obtén tu vacuna de COVID-19!
Families/Kids Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Sólo 40% de personas embarazadas en los EE.UU. han sido vacunadas contra COVID-19 desde el primero de enero de 2022. Desafortunadamente, esta tasa baja de vacunación tiene consecuencias trágicas. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo es segura. No hay ninguna conexión con el aborto espontáneo ni la infertilidad. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo protege Read more…
¿Las vacunas contra COVID-19 causan infertilidad?
Posts en Español Vaccines
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids Vaccines
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
How does intimate partner violence impact pregnancy? TL;DR: Survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy, both parents and infants, experience long-term emotional trauma and chronic health problems, and timely support can help prevent it. *If you or anyone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY). Read more…
What do we need to know about Black Maternal Health?
Reproductive Health
Black Maternal Health Awareness Week is wrapping up. What do we need to know about Black Maternal Health? During pregnancy, childbirth, or the first 42 days after delivery of a living child, Black people are dying at almost three times the rate (CDC, 2021) as white people. More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths are preventable Read more…
What is preeclampsia? Who is most at risk? What should we be aware of?
Reproductive HealthMK Haber, FNP-C, IBCLC
Preeclampsia and other severe pregnancy complications, especially among Black people, have thankfully been getting more attention in the media in the last couple of weeks. These individual stories are so important because they humanize what can sometimes become numbing statistics. And they are highlighting some of the significant health disparities in the U.S. that Black Read more…
Are there differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) between women and men?
General Health
Megan Madsen, DO
Risk factors and symptoms of CVD can be different for women. Estrogen plays an important role in risk for CVD. Besides chest pain, women may have subtle symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, milder discomfort in the chest, back and abdomen or a sensation of generalized weakness. **Nerds, for the purpose of this article, “women” refers Read more…
Si estás embarazada- por favor, ¡obtén tu vacuna de COVID-19!
Families/Kids Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Sólo 40% de personas embarazadas en los EE.UU. han sido vacunadas contra COVID-19 desde el primero de enero de 2022. Desafortunadamente, esta tasa baja de vacunación tiene consecuencias trágicas. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo es segura. No hay ninguna conexión con el aborto espontáneo ni la infertilidad. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo protege Read more…
¿Las vacunas contra COVID-19 causan infertilidad?
Posts en Español Vaccines
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids Vaccines
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
Preeclampsia and other severe pregnancy complications, especially among Black people, have thankfully been getting more attention in the media in the last couple of weeks. These individual stories are so important because they humanize what can sometimes become numbing statistics. And they are highlighting some of the significant health disparities in the U.S. that Black Read more…
Are there differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) between women and men?
General HealthMegan Madsen, DO
Risk factors and symptoms of CVD can be different for women. Estrogen plays an important role in risk for CVD. Besides chest pain, women may have subtle symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, milder discomfort in the chest, back and abdomen or a sensation of generalized weakness. **Nerds, for the purpose of this article, “women” refers Read more…
Si estás embarazada- por favor, ¡obtén tu vacuna de COVID-19!
Families/Kids Posts en Español Vaccines
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Sólo 40% de personas embarazadas en los EE.UU. han sido vacunadas contra COVID-19 desde el primero de enero de 2022. Desafortunadamente, esta tasa baja de vacunación tiene consecuencias trágicas. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo es segura. No hay ninguna conexión con el aborto espontáneo ni la infertilidad. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo protege Read more…
¿Las vacunas contra COVID-19 causan infertilidad?
Posts en Español Vaccines
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids Vaccines
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
Risk factors and symptoms of CVD can be different for women. Estrogen plays an important role in risk for CVD. Besides chest pain, women may have subtle symptoms such as heartburn, nausea, milder discomfort in the chest, back and abdomen or a sensation of generalized weakness. **Nerds, for the purpose of this article, “women” refers Read more…
Si estás embarazada- por favor, ¡obtén tu vacuna de COVID-19!
Families/Kids Posts en Español VaccinesAparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH
Sólo 40% de personas embarazadas en los EE.UU. han sido vacunadas contra COVID-19 desde el primero de enero de 2022. Desafortunadamente, esta tasa baja de vacunación tiene consecuencias trágicas. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo es segura. No hay ninguna conexión con el aborto espontáneo ni la infertilidad. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo protege Read more…
¿Las vacunas contra COVID-19 causan infertilidad?
Posts en Español Vaccines
Tita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids Vaccines
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
Sólo 40% de personas embarazadas en los EE.UU. han sido vacunadas contra COVID-19 desde el primero de enero de 2022. Desafortunadamente, esta tasa baja de vacunación tiene consecuencias trágicas. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo es segura. No hay ninguna conexión con el aborto espontáneo ni la infertilidad. 💥 La vacunación durante el embarazo protege Read more…
¿Las vacunas contra COVID-19 causan infertilidad?
Posts en Español VaccinesTita Smyth Escobedo, PM-IT
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids Vaccines
Sarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
R: No existe evidencia científica que sugiera que las vacunas contra COVID-19 tengan un impacto negativo en la fertilidad en hombres o mujeres. Si bien, las vacunas no se probaron entre personas embarazadas para la autorización inicial de uso de emergencia de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en Read more…
Any update on safety of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines in pregnancy?
Families/Kids VaccinesSarah Whitley Coles, MD
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
A: Preliminary data presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are reassuring. Pregnant persons who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines did not have increased risk of side effects from the vaccines or bad outcomes (like preeclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal death, or congenital anomalies). More studies and safety monitoring are ongoing, but Read more…
