Beyond the Pandemic: Articles and Resources for Self-Education

A new study shows extrauterine cerebellar ultrasound is a reliable, low-cost method to assess gestational age after fetal or neonatal death, especially in low-resource settings.

In this episode of Pap Talk, Contemporary OB/GYN® sat down with Maneesh Jain, CEO of Mirvie, and Michal Elovitz, MD, chief medical advisor at Mirvie, a new RNA platform that is able to predict pregnancy complications by revealing the biology of each pregnancy. They discussed recently published data regarding the platform's ability to predict preeclampsia and preterm birth.

A recent study presented at ACOG 2025 highlights the potential of once-weekly secnidazole oral granules as an effective long-term therapy for recurrent bacterial vaginosis.

Contemporary OB/GYN Senior Editor Angie DeRosa gets insight on the current state of COVID-19 from Christina Han, MD, division director of maternal-fetal medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and member of its COVID-19 task force. Han is an active member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and discusses the issues on behalf of SMFM.

Daily trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole in pregnancy reduced preterm births, especially in women with HIV, but did not significantly affect birth weight.

Review some of the top stories from the Contemporary OB/GYN website over the last week, and catch up on anything you may have missed.