Birth Certificates Indicate COVID-19 Led To An Increase In Premature Births
Birth Certificates Indicate COVID-19 Led To An Increase In Premature Births A study released today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that immunisation probably saved thousands of premature births that would have otherwise occurred in California due to the considerable increase in risk of preterm birth caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. However, a year after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccinations, that risk almost vanished in ZIP codes with high vaccination rates, indicating that immunisation was a critical tactic in reducing the risk of premature birth brought on by SARS-CoV-2 infection. A preterm birth occurs when a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. According to a press release from the university, study author Jenna Nobles, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, “having COVID-19 in pregnancy had no effect on preterm birth risk in these communities by summer 2021.” “It takes almost a year longer for that to happen in the ZIP codes with the...