Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths - Athabasca Advocate

Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths - Athabasca Advocate
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in November found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected…
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women. It's an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but women with COVID-19 face an elevat… [+3300 chars] Read More



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