SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (BUSPH)

Study: Pregnancy-related mortality rising due to COVID among reproductive-age women

The study by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, the findings on pregnancy-related mortality are consistent with rising COVID-19-related death rates among reproductive-age women, and the results follow the team's previously published research that also revealed alarming spikes in maternal mortality rates during the first year of the pandemic in 2020.