Pregnancy And COVID-19: What We Know And How To Protect Yourself
A woman wears a face mask at an ultrasound examination during COVID-19. Viktorcvetkovic/Getty Images hide caption
A woman wears a face mask at an ultrasound examination during COVID-19.
Viktorcvetkovic/Getty ImagesHow dangerous is COVID-19 for pregnant women and their babies?
It's the million dollar question.
Dr. Laura Riley, the chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine and the obstetrician-in-chief at New York-Presbyterian, explains what we know at this point from the available research and what pregnant women can do to protect themselves.
Follow Dr. Riley on Twitter @obdocriley. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Yowei Shaw, edited by Deborah George, and fact-checked by Rebecca Ramirez.