Pandemic Poses Short and LongTerm Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

Covid-19 has negatively impacted women who are pregnant, from quarantine to stress from the societal, and personal demands of the pandemic. Shutterstock

The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies.

Stress levels among expectant mothers have soared. Pregnant women with covid are five times as likely as uninfected pregnant people to require intensive care and 22 times as likely to die. Infected moms are four times as likely to have a stillborn child.