Over 110,000 patients need a lifesaving organ transplant. The U.S. Public Health Service is releasing new guidance to increase the use of available organs and enhance safety measures to protect transplant patients from infections.
CDC compared data on pregnant and nonpregnant women with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and found that pregnant women are more likely to be at increased risk for intensive care unit admission and receipt of mechanical ventilation than are nonpregnant women.
