Tag Archives: Pregnant

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558 Million to Improve Maternal Health, including $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs Proven to Improve Maternal and Child Health, Child Development, and School Readiness September 1st, 2024Judith Chatfield

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558 Million to Improve Maternal Health, including $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs Proven to Improve Maternal and Child Health, Child Development, and School Readiness

September 1, 2024News & Updates$440, $558, Administration, Awards, BidenHarris, Child, children, development, Health, Home, Improve, including, Infants, Maternal, Million, Moms, Over, Pregnant, Programs, Proven, Readiness, School, Support, through, Visiting, VoluntaryJudith Chatfield

Biden-Harris Administration Awards Over $558 Million to Improve Maternal Health, including $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs Proven to Improve Maternal and Child Health, Child Development, and School Readiness

CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement June 12th, 2024Edith Scott

CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement

June 12, 2024News & UpdatesArea, Guidance, Media, Pregnant, Risk, Statement, Travel, Updates, Women, ZikaEdith Scott

CDC has updated its Zika travel guidance and now recommends that pregnant women not travel to any area where there is a risk of Zika virus infection, including areas where the virus has been newly introduced or reintroduced and local mosquito-borne transmission is ongoing; areas where the virus was present before 2015 (endemic) and there … Continue reading CDC updates Zika travel guidance for pregnant women to not travel to any area with Zika risk – Media Statement →

About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016 – Press Release May 31st, 2024Walter Kennedy

About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika infection had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016 – Press Release

May 31, 2024News & Updates2016, About, Baby, Birth, Confirmed, defects, fetus, infection, Pregnant, Press, Release, U.S., Women, ZikaWalter Kennedy

Of the 250 pregnant women who had confirmed Zika infection in 2016, 24 – or about 1 in 10 of them – had a fetus or baby with Zika-related birth defects, according to a new Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Zika Virus: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies May 27th, 2024Edward Sullivan

Zika Virus: Protecting Pregnant Women and Babies

May 27, 2024News & UpdatesBabies, Pregnant, Protecting, virus, Women, ZikaEdward Sullivan

About 1 in 10 U.S. pregnant women with confirmed Zika had a fetus or baby with birth defects in 2016. Nearly 1,300 pregnant women with evidence of possible Zika infection were reported in 44 US states in 2016.

CDC updates guidance on interpretation of Zika testing results for pregnant women – Press Release April 21st, 2024Maria Villarreal

CDC updates guidance on interpretation of Zika testing results for pregnant women – Press Release

April 21, 2024News & UpdatesGuidance, interpretation, Pregnant, Press, Release, Results, testing, Updates, Women, ZikaMaria Villarreal

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a Health Alert Notice with updated guidance for healthcare professionals to interpret Zika test results for women who live in, or frequently travel (daily or weekly) to areas with a CDC Zika travel notice.

CDC analysis of data from US territories finds serious birth defects in about 1 in 12 fetuses or infants of pregnant women with Zika infection in the first trimester – Press Release March 21st, 2024Jeffrey Pinkerton

CDC analysis of data from US territories finds serious birth defects in about 1 in 12 fetuses or infants of pregnant women with Zika infection in the first trimester – Press Release

March 21, 2024News & UpdatesAbout, Analysis, Birth, Data, defects, fetuses, Finds, First, from, Infants, infection, Pregnant, Press, Release, Serious, Territories, trimester, Women, ZikaJeffrey Pinkerton

In the U.S. territories, 5 percent of women who had confirmed Zika virus infection during pregnancy had a baby or fetus with Zika virus-associated birth defects

Detroit Employment Lawyer Sees Influx in Pregnancy Discrimination Cases Since Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Became Law December 12th, 2023Pamela Wojcik

Detroit Employment Lawyer Sees Influx in Pregnancy Discrimination Cases Since Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Became Law

December 12, 2023News & UpdatesBecame, Cases, Detroit, Discrimination, Employment, Fairness, Influx, Lawyer, Pregnancy, Pregnant, Since, WorkersPamela Wojcik

Detroit, Michigan – After the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was signed into law, Detroit-based law firm Sommers Schwartz, PC reports a surge in pregnancy discrimination cases, underscoring the importance of the newly implemented federal law in safeguarding the rights of pregnant workers. Pregnant women have often been the victims of discriminatory practices in workplaces. … Continue reading Detroit Employment Lawyer Sees Influx in Pregnancy Discrimination Cases Since Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Became Law →

Woman Injured in Joliet Crash While 9 Months Pregnant January 4th, 2023Rebecca King

Woman Injured in Joliet Crash While 9 Months Pregnant

January 4, 2023News & UpdatesCrash, Injured, Joliet, months, Pregnant, WomanRebecca King

Chicago, IL (Law Firm Newswire) December 28, 2022 – Chicago law firm Briskman Briskman & Greenberg is representing a woman injured in a car accident in Joliet, Illinois, while nine months pregnant. The crash occurred on August 31, 2022. According to Illinois State Police, it involved three vehicles, one of which was unoccupied. A 56-year-old … Continue reading Woman Injured in Joliet Crash While 9 Months Pregnant →

Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu hospitalization among pregnant women November 8th, 2022Darryl Wojcik

Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu hospitalization among pregnant women

November 8, 2022News & UpdatesAmong, hospitalization, Pregnant, reduces, Risk, Vaccine, WomenDarryl Wojcik

Over the course of six flu seasons, getting a flu shot reduced a pregnant woman’s risk of being hospitalized from flu by an average of 40 percent.

New CDC Data: COVID-19 Vaccination Safe for Pregnant People March 23rd, 2022Douglas Hernandez

New CDC Data: COVID-19 Vaccination Safe for Pregnant People

March 23, 2022News & UpdatesCOVID19, Data, People, Pregnant, Safe, VaccinationDouglas Hernandez

CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people and is recommending all people 12 years of age and older get vaccinated against COVID-19.