COVID-19 Increases Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Suggests

COVID-19 Increases Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Suggests
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a pregnant woman at Clalit Health Services, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 23, 2021. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk of experiencing common pregnancy complications compared to women who are uninfected, according to a new study.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study included data from more than 13,000 pregnant women from 17 medical centers across the nation. Of those participants, nearly 2,400 tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
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