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Remaining Vigilant for 2021

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The relief only will come with time, though the weariness may take much longer to mitigate than any virus.

A population-based register study from the Netherlands has found that the percentage of pregnant women opting for fetal aneuploidy screening reached a high of 45.9% within 1 year after the introduction in 2017 of a noninvasive prenatal test (NIPT) as a first-tier test for all women.

Florida’s Pregnancy Related Mortality Ratio (PRMR) shows a significant decrease in pregnancy-related mortality rates among Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black women, according to a study presented at SMFM’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.

“Whatever you do for me but without me, you do against me.” That was the theme of a scientific forum on Wednesday titled, “Practicing equitable global health,” as part of SMFM’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.