In the US, maternal deaths increased substantially (33.3%) after March 2020, corresponding to COVID-19 onset, a figure higher than the 22% overall excess death estimate associated with the pandemic.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2793640

#NICHDImpact #COVID19 #Mortality #Pandemic #Maternal

#HavingIMPACTT2023 Plenary Speaker Profile: Meet Dr. Shelly Buffington, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine who will speak about diet-induced dysbiosis of the maternal gut microbiome impairs neurodevelopmental outcomes in descendant generations

#symposium #maternal #gut #microbiota #neuro #development #diet #dysbiosis

@WHO Bulletin: "In Indonesia, an estimated 4 million women work in the #palmoil industry. Children dependent on workers are impacted by lack of child-care, poor #maternal #health, poor #nutrition, difficulty in accessing education." #Boycottpalmoil #womensrights #feminism https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/08/08/palm-oil-industry-lobbying-and-greenwashing-is-like-big-tobacco-world-health-organisation-who-bulletin/

@cclareMDMPH and likewise for the #maternal immunization guidance updated in October 2022 via #ACOG. https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2022/10/maternal-immunization

another study shows protection of newborns from #COVID by #maternal immunization, this time in the BMJ. https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj-2022-074035

"While SARS-CoV-2 infection increases the risk of pre-term birth across the population, women of lower socioeconomic status were more likely to be exposed to the virus during pregnancy." - tagging #ObGynodon & #maternal health.

https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/covid-19-increases-pregnancy-risks-poorer-communities-shouldering-most-burden

More news about #maternal immunization - "Vaccination against #COVID19 was also associated with lower rates of #pretermdelivery, neonates with very low birth weight, and neonatal intensive care unit admission." Also tagging #ObGynodon. https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal/Fulltext/9900/Pregnancy_Outcomes_in_Patients_After_Completion_of.683.aspx

more on this story from last week. #Maternal mortality is increasing the USA. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/studies-estimate-covid-and-all-cause-deaths-youth-pregnancy

I saw this graph on the bird app via @erictopol. The bar on the far left includes those under 6 months of age. Newborns would benefit from #maternal immunization with #COVID19 vaccines.

Human #milk variation is shaped by #maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut #microbiome | bioRxiv

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.24.525211v1

2009 article by the late Prof. Barbara Tizard on #Bowlby's '#attachment theory' and #maternal #deprivation.

https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/looking-back-making-and-breaking-attachment-theory

"In the last part of [Bowlby's] life[...] he abandoned his original insistence on the irreversible consequences of maternal separation[...] his interest had shifted to the problems of adults with dysfunctional working models of attachment. Unfortunately, it is his original crude theory that has stuck in the public mind."

#childdev #psychology #attachmenttheory

"Perinatal health workers’ responses prominently identified racism as a cause of Black maternal morbidity and mortality, and their recommendations ranged across levels of social determination of health"

#womenshealth #healthjustice #healthdisparities #maternal

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jmwh.13433

#Intro I am an #ArtistPhilosopher working with #GenerativeMedia #Performance #Sound and #HardwareHacking. I am also a #writer in #Philosophy #DigitalStudies #PerformanceStudies and #VisualArt with an interest in expanding and #glitching the #maternal. Much more can be found on my website at www.elputnam.com or link page elputnam-links.glitch.me

Comparison of #Maternal and #Neonatal Antibody Levels After COVID-19 #Vaccination vs SARS-CoV-2 Infection

#COVID19

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/articlepdf/2798223/flannery_2022_oi_221161_1667229250.41605.pdf