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  • How climate change threatens pregnant women and their fetuses

    11/09/2021 6:48:26 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 41 replies
    CBS News ^ | November 9, 2021 | BY CARA KORTE
    World leaders will turn their focus to gender Tuesday at the U.N. global climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Globally, women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than men, as they make up a majority of the world's poor and depend most on natural resources, according to the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In the United States, one subgroup of women are particularly at risk: pregnant women. As global temperatures and emissions rise, so does the impact of climate change on public health. More pollutants from automobiles, fossil fuel plants and smoke from wildfires degrades air quality....
  • CDC urges COVID vaccines during pregnancy as delta surges

    08/11/2021 10:06:36 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 65 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | August 11, 2021 | By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including perhaps miscarriages and stillbirths. But their vaccination rates are low, with only about 23% having received at least one dose, according to CDC data. “The vaccines are safe and effective, and it has never been more urgent to increase vaccinations as we face the highly transmissible delta variant...