General Pregnancy Reports

Medical Journal Articles

• US Heat Waves Linked With Small Rise in Preterm Births by Emily Harris JAMA June 28, 2024 

• A More Selective vs a Standard Risk-Stratified, Heparin-Based, Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol by Macie L. Champion, MD; Christina T. Blanchard, MS; Michelle Y. Lu, MD; et al.JAMA June 27, 2024

• Oxygen Targets in the ICU, Acetaminophen During Pregnancy and Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorder Screening Tools, and more by JN Learning JAMA April 9, 2024 

• Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability by Viktor H. Ahlqvist, PhD, Hugo Sjöqvist, MSc; Christina Dalman, MD, PhD, et al JAMA April 2, 2024 

• What Is Perinatal Depression? by Rebecca Voelker, MS JAMA March 14, 2024

• Metformin Plus Insulin for Preexisting Diabetes or Gestational Diabetes in Pregnancy by Fariba Pourkarim, PharmD and Taher Entezari-Maleki, PharmD JAMA April 3, 2024

• The Alabama Embryo Decision—The Politics and Reality of Recognizing “Extrauterine Children” by Rebecca S. Feinberg, JD, MBe, MS, Michael S. Sinha, MD, JD, MPH, and I. Glenn Cohen, JD JAMA March 4,  2024        

• The Real Impact of the Alabama Supreme Court Decision in LePage v Center for Reproductive Medicine by Michelle J. Bayefsky, MD, Arthur L. Caplan, PhD ,and Gwendolyn P. Quinn, PhD  JAMA March 4, 2024

• Treatment for Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy by Virginia Y. Watkins, MD, Sarah K. Dotters-Katz, MD, MSHPEd, and Jeffrey A. Kuller, MD JAMA  March 5, 2024

• Treatment for Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy—Reply by Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD, MSc and  Sun Y. Lee, MD, MSc JAMA March 5, 2024

• Premarket Notifications and Patents for Breast Pumps Before and After the ACA by Oluwarantimi Adetunji, PhD. Pallavi Pemmireddy, MPH. Trinidad Beleche, PhD, et al.JAMA January 22. 2024

• One-Quarter of People Manage Chronic Pain With Only Medication by Emily Harris JAMA November 39, 2023

• Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping Improved Premature Infants’ Survival by Emily Harris JAMA November 29, 2023

• Pregnancy After Breast Cancer in Young BRCA Carriers: An International Hospital-Based Cohort Study by Matteo Lambertini, MD, Eva Blondeaux, MD, Elisa Agostinetto, MD, et al.JAMA December 7, 2023yce L. Jones, MD, MS JAMA. December 1, 2023

• Alternative Payment Models in Pregnancy to Improve Outcomes and Advance Equity by Jordan S. Stone, MD, Arina E. Chesnokova, MD, MPH, and ; Sindhu K. Srinivas, MD, MSCE JAMA. November 20. 2023

• Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens by Jin K. Park, AB, Clarisa Reyes-Becerra, JD, and Medha D. Makhlouf, JD JAMA July 18, 2023

• State Public Insurance Coverage Policies and Postpartum Care Among Immigrants by Maria W. Steenland, SD; Rachel E. Fabi, PhD; Meghan Bellerose, MPH3, et al JAMA July 18, 2023

• Two Pink Lines by Victoria Mitre, MD JAMA June 15, 2023

• Worsening US Maternal Death Rates by JN Learning AMA July 3, 2023

• Trends in State-Level Maternal Mortality by Racial and Ethnic Group in the United States by Laura G. Fleszar, MPH, Allison S. Bryant, MD, MPH, Catherine O. Johnson, PhD, MPH, et al.JAMA July 2, 1012

• Highlighting State Innovation to Close Coverage Gaps in Perinatal Care for Noncitizens by Jin K. Park, AB, Clarisa Reyes-Becerra, JD, and Medha D. Makhlouf, JD JAMA June 29, 2023

• Addressing Maternal Mortality in the US—A Pediatrics Responsibility by Kristan Scott, MD;, Emily F. Gregory, MD, MHS, and Heather H. Burris, MD, MPH JAMA May 8 , 2023

• Pausing Endocrine Therapy for Pregnancy After Breast Cancer Found Safe by Emily Harris JAMA May 17, 2023

• Pregnancy Outcomes in a US Cohort of Transgender People by Daphna Stroumsa, MD, MPH, MSc, Michelle H. Moniz, MD, MSc, and Halley Crissman, MD, MPH; et al. JAMA May 11, 2024

• National Trends in Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Youth, 2011-2020 by Tanner J Bommersbach, MD, MPH; Alastair J. McKean, MD; Mark Olfson, MD, MPH; et al. JAMA May 2, 2023

• Prednisone vs Placebo and Live Birth in Patients With Recurrent Implantation Failure Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Yun Sun, MD, PhD, Linlin Cui, MD, PhD, Yao Lu, MD, MMSc, et al .JAMA May 2, 2023

• Early Pregnancy Loss by Kristin Walter, MD, MS JAMA April 7, 2024

• Birth Outcomes Following Assisted Reproductive Technology Conception Among Same-Sex Lesbian Couples vs Natural Conception and Assisted Reproductive Technology Conception Among Heterosexual Couples by Alice Goisis, PhD, Agneta Cederström, PhD, and Pekka Martikainen, PhD JAMA April 4, 2023

• Antiretroviral Treatment of HIV/AIDS During Pregnancy by Ahizechukwu C. Eke, MD, PhD, MPH, Shahin Lockman, MD, and M. Mofenson, MD JAMA April 3, 2023

• Maternal Opioid Treatment After Delivery Poses Low Risk to Infants by Emily Harris JAMA March 29, 2023

• Effect of Intrapartum Azithromycin vs Placebo on Neonatal Sepsis and Death:A Randomized Clinical Trial. by Anna Roca, PhD, Bully Camara, MD, Joel D. Bognini, MD; et al. JAMA March 7, 2023

• Still Looking for a Simple, Effective Prevention Measure for Neonatal Sepsis in High-Mortality Settings by Stephanie J. Schrag, DPhil, and Cynthia G. Whitney, MD, MPH JAMA March 7, 2023

• ADHD Drugs in Pregnancy Not Linked to Children’s Brain Development by Emily Harris JAMA March 1, 2023

• Pregnancy After Bariatric Surgery by Stephanie A. Fisher, MD, MPH, MS; Bethany T. Stetson, MD; Michelle A. Kominiarek, MD, MS JAMA February 10, 2023

• Prompt HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral treatment in postpartum women is crucial for prevention of mother to child transmission during breastfeeding: Survey results in a high HIV prevalence community in southern Mozambique after the implementation of Option B by Sheila Fernández-Luis, Laura Fuente-Soro, Tacilta Nhampossa, et al PLoS One. 2022 Aug 2;17(8)

General Articles and Commentaries

• Governor Maura Healey Massachusetts Anti- Pregnancy Resource Center Billboard by Alec MacGillis  Catholic Vote

• Doctors can now save very premature babies. most hospitals don’t try by CathNews New Zealand

• FDA approves first postpartum depression pill in the US by Jacqueline Howard CNN

• Scientists have created embryo models from stem cells – it could help us better understand infertility and miscarriage by Roger Sturmey The Conversation

• Asthma in Pregnancy by Jenny Huang, MD and Jennifer Namazy, MD JAMA May 26,2023

• Her Child Was Stillborn at 39 Weeks. She Blames a System That Doesn’t Always Listen to Mothers. by Duaa Eldeib ProPublica

• The impact of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy on its coverage in four sub-Saharan African countries (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Nigeria) by Medicines for Malaria Venture

• Why Black Newborns Are 3 Times More Likely to Die in the Care of White Doctors by Rob Picheta CNN

• Pregnant women and their babies can find help among Rhode Island's Catholics by ACI Prensa

• Aspirin and acetaminophen raise risk of severe pregnancy complications, study finds by Cassidy Morrison Washington Examiner

• Pregnant women delaying getting vaccinated playing ‘Russian roulette’ by CathNews New Zealand

• South African 10 babies story not true, inquiry finds by BBC News

• Immunogenicity of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Pregnant and Lactating Women by Ai-ris Y. Collier, MD; Katherine McMahan, MS, Jingyou Yu, PhD; et al JAMA

• Woman from Mali gives birth to 9 babies in Morocco by Baba Ahmed and Tarik El Barakah The Associated Press

• Association of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy With Neonatal Outcomes by Mikael Norman, MD Lars Navér, MD; Jonas Söderling, PhD et al JAMA.April 29, 2021.

• Less than 60% of pregnant women living with HIV in western and central Africa have access to services to stop vertical transmission of HIV by UNAIDS

• Morning Sickness – All You Need To Know by Gee Singh Primed Parents

• FREE Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada by. Father Matthew P. Schneider, LC Patheos

• On the Homeless Woman Arrested for Sheltering Her Children by Mary Pezzaulo Patheos

• What Catholic midwives can teach us about labor and deliveryCreating new life is an act of collaboration with God. by Agnes R. Howard U.S.Catholic

• Brazil provides more evidence on link between dolutegravir and birth defects by Hester Phillips Avert

• Why Are So Few Drugs Tested for Safety in Pregnancy? Expectant mothers have long been excluded from clinical trials. by Jyoti Madhusoodanan  Undark

• How the CDC and others are failing Black women during childbirth by Leslie Farrington  Stat

• Climate crisis poses serious risks for pregnancy, investigation finds by Emily Holden  The Guardian/National Catholic Reporter

• The hope and uncertainty of being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic by Kerry Weber America

• Providing Safe Childbirth in Rural Pakistan by International Catholic Migration Association

Covid-19 General Articles and Commentaries

• Change in the Incidence of Stillbirth and Preterm Delivery During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Asma Khalil, MD; Peter von Dadelszen, PhD; Tim Draycott, MD; et al JAMA. 2020;324(7):705-706

• COVID-19: Breastfeeding still best for mothers, babies — UNICEF by Chioma Obinna  Vanguard

• Coronavirus (COVID-19), Pregnancy, and Breastfeeding: A Message for Patients by Lisa Hollier, MD, MPH, FACOG ACOG’

• Her pregnancy was already high risk. Then she gave birth on a ventilator by Samantha Schmidt The Washington Post

• An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United States by Sara N. Iqbal, M.D.and OthersTheNew EnglandJournal of Medicine

• The hope and uncertainty of being pregnant during the coronavirus pandemic by Kerry Weber America

• How the Coronavirus Can Impact Pregnancies by Currents Staff  New Evangelization Television (NEtP)

Covid-19 Medical Journal Articles

• Why pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19 by Meredith Wadman  Science

• Coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnant women: a report based on 116 cases by Jie Yan, MD, PhD and Others  U.S. National Library of Medicine

• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know by Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS and Others American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Caring for Women Who Are Planning a Pregnancy, Pregnant, or Postpartum During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Sonja A. Rasmussen, MD, MS; Denise J. Jamieson, MD, MPH JAMA

• An Uncomplicated Delivery in a Patient with Covid-19 in the United State by Sara N. Iqbal, M.D. and Others The New England Journal of Medicine

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