NIH to study how COVID-19 pandemic may have affected pregnancy outcomes in U.S

FILE PHOTO: Stephanie Bowers who is 8 months pregnant poses for a photograph outside her home, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Manchester, Britain April 9, 2020. Picture taken April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/

(Reuters) - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it will study whether changes to the healthcare delivery system implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have led to more pregnancy-related complications in the United States.

The study https://bit.ly/2LH0qtt will also assess the risk of pregnant COVID-19 patients transmitting the virus to their fetus, and monitor the newborns until they are discharged from the hospital.