- Four new studies on pregnancy were discussed, which examine group prenatal care, COVID vaccines and pregnancy, and preterm birth.
- Group prenatal care did not lower the rate of preterm birth overall or within Black participants.
- COVID vaccination during the second trimester of pregnancy provides antibody protection through six months.
- High-grade chronic inflammation of the placenta increases the risk of recurrent preterm birth by 37%, and a short cervical length within the first 24 hours after birth predicted a recurrence of preterm birth.
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