New from CDC
Understanding and addressing
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk has implications for maternal and child
health outcomes. Heart age, the modeled age of an individual's
cardiovascular system based on risk level, and excess heart age, the
difference between a person's heart age and chronological age, are
alternative simplified ways to communicate CVD risk. Among women with a
recent live birth, this report predicted heart age, calculated prevalence
of excess heart age (≥5 years), and examined factors associated with excess
heart age.
CDC is collaborating with
state, local, and territorial health departments and external partners to
better understand COVID-19 during pregnancy. Health departments that are
notified of COVID-19 cases in pregnant women may collect more information
on these women using an optional module in addition to a case reporting
form. Findings will be rapidly translated into updated clinical guidance
for pregnant women and infants.
Although there
are currently no data showing that COVID-19 affects pregnant people differently
than others, we do know that pregnant people are at greater risk of getting
sick from other respiratory viruses than people who are not pregnant.
New CDC study shows that half
of U.S. newborn syphilis cases (congenital syphilis) in 2018 occurred due
to gaps in testing and treatment during prenatal care. Nationally, the most
common missed opportunities for preventing congenital syphilis cases
occurred when mothers were diagnosed but not adequately treated for
syphilis (31% of cases) or mothers did not have timely prenatal care (28%
of cases).
This report assesses the
contributions of the changing maternal age distribution and maternal
age-specific infant mortality rates on overall and race and Hispanic
origin-specific infant mortality rates in the United States from 2000 to
2017.
As of June 16, 2020, the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in 2,104,346
cases and 116,140 deaths in the United States. During pregnancy, women
experience immunologic and physiologic changes that could increase their
risk for more severe illness from respiratory infections.
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