Tag "Covid-19"
International Day of the Midwife: Bringing lives into the world during a pandemic
Life as a midwife has looked rather different since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, but the job at hand has remained the same during this time
Protecting or harming? The exclusion of pregnant women from the Covid-19 vaccine trials
Dr Sophie Williams, Academic Lead in Psychology at the University of Derby, examines the decision to exclude women from trials for the Covid-19 vaccine and the history behind this decision.
Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines
In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have found the
NMC reflects on extraordinary time one year on from the first Covid-19 national lockdown
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a week of reflections on the year of Covid-19 – highlighting and celebrating the achievements of nurses, midwives, nursing associates and nursing
Pregnant women pass along protective Covid antibodies to their babies
Antibodies that guard against Covid-19 can transfer from mothers to babies while in the womb, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers published in the
COVID-19 infection in pregnancy not linked with stillbirth or baby death
COVID-19 infection in pregnancy is not associated with stillbirth or early neonatal death, according to a new study. However the research, from over 4000 pregnant women with suspected or confirmed
NMC updates approach to supporting nursing and midwifery education amid the Covid-19 pandemic
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has announced it will reintroduce emergency education standards to enable final year nursing students to opt-in to support the response to the Covid-19 pandemic,
Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns
Pregnant women with the SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19, during the third trimester are unlikely to pass the infection to their newborns, suggests a study funded by the
COVID-19 may deepen depression, anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant and postpartum women
Though childbirth is often anticipated with optimism and enthusiasm, approximately 10 to 20 percent of pregnant individuals also experience mental health challenges during the weeks immediately before and after birth.
ENG4NHS: A new organisation to help the NHS and other not-for-profit healthcare organisations
Prof Peter J Ogrodnik is the course director for the MSc in Medical Engineering Design at Keele University and is a founder of the ENG4NHS project. Here, he talks to
