Inflammation markers associated with COVID-19 during pregnancy may signal adverse impacts to long-term infant health

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Inflammation markers associated with COVID-19 during pregnancy may signal adverse impacts to long-term infant health

New research results demonstrate how inflammation from a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy could potentially impact long-term infant health, including infant growth and brain development. Published in the Journal of Perinatology, a new study from Boston Medical Center describes how infants of mothers who had a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy had significant elevations in inflammatory blood markers, also known as cytokines, at the time of delivery.

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