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The group contributes to The Conversation, a publisher of research-based news. Below are articles we have recently written, with the most recent at the top. Some have been translated into Spanish, and so we have included the links to those also.
2023
Further exploring this connection could potentially lead to better treatment of the condition.
2022
Maternal antibodies are passed through the placenta to the fetus, providing protection against COVID hospitalisation for infants.
2021
Severe COVID raises the risk of preterm birth, being admitted to intensive care and still birth – so everyone who is pregnant should get vaccinated.
2021
There is immense interest in understanding whether potentially protective SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are provided to the baby via breast milk. This is what we know so far.
2021
Researchers in the US are the first to study how pregnant and breast-feeding women are responding to the vaccines. The results are promising.
2021
Theories that antibodies affect the placenta are completely unfounded.
2020
Your immune system changes when you are pregnant, and this may help protect you and your child from COVID-19 – but we need more research to understand this better.
2019
Understanding how pregnancy changes some of the body’s fundamental systems could help treat cancer and other diseases.
