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APRIL 27, 2022

Pregnant Women With COVID-19 Face Greater Risk for Hospitalization, ICU Admission

Originally published by our sister publication, Infectious Disease Special Edition

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

Pregnant women may be at greater risk for severe illness if they contract COVID-19 than women who are not pregnant, according to a presentation at ECCMID 2022, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (oral abstract L0401). 

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The findings appear to be independent of key risk factors including age, underlying