Pregnant/Lactating

Patient-facing guidance from CDC on caring for newborns for parents with COVID-19, including precautions for rooming in the hospital and at home.

Hub with information from CDC for clinicians and patients to help people who are pregnant, breastfeeding or caring for infants to protect against COVID-19.

ACOG-developed flowchart for clinicians.  

CDC MMWR on study of approximately 40,000 pregnant women that found COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy wasn’t associated with preterm or small-for-gestational-age at birth.

WHO’s living COVID-19 guidance contains two new recommendations supporting the use of corticosteroids in hospitalized children with MIS-C.

CDC has strengthened its recommendation to say all U.S. adults 18 years and older should get a booster dose in light of the emerging Omicron variant. 

CDC health advisory recommending “urgent action” to raise COVID-19 vaccination rates among pregnant people, recently pregnant people and people who might become pregnant.

An interactive graphic from NIH addressing key questions to related to pregnancy and COVID-19.

ACOG Practice Advisory that recommends that all eligible persons, including pregnant and lactating individuals, receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

SFMF recommendation for pregnant and lactating people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with counseling guidance for providers.

New findings highlight racial and ethnic disparities in U.S. COVID-19 vaccination among pregnant women, who are at increased risk for infection and severe COVID-19–associated illness, according to this CDC MMWR.

Guidance and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This short Society of Critical Care Medicine video presentation provides an overview of COVID-19 and pregnancy management.

This short Society of Critical Care Medicine video presentation provides an overview of considerations for vaccinating pregnant patients.

Experts discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and special populations, including people living with HIV, pregnant people, and the transplant community.