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A woman in Singapore who had COVID-19 in March just gave birth to a baby. Surprisingly, the baby seems to have been born with antibodies, says Business Insider. These antibodies appear to be protective against the virus. Past research has suggested antibodies against COVID-19 cross the placenta in utero. Little is known about how long the immunity may last and how the timing of infection during pregnancy plays a role. Breast milk also has detectable antibodies and there's no evidence it transmits the virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic has set gender equality back years, reports CNN. Women around the world are taking on the "lion's share" of extra domestic chores. Everyone has taken on extra work throughout the pandemic, but women face a greater burden of care. UN Women analyzed available data in 38 countries to collect the figures on unpaid work. They found women were taking on more household tasks than men throughout the pandemic. 60% of women reported that they had spent more time on unpaid domestic work since the pandemic began.
World leaders met on Saturday to discuss preparation efforts to contain and alleviate the coronavirus pandemic in the next few months. Leaders from Germany, France, South Korea, and Argentina were scheduled to participate in the side event to the annual G20 gathering. According to Business Insider, the US has more than 11.9 million cases and 255,000 deaths from the highly contagious novel coronavirus. And despite making up the largest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, noticeably absent was President Donald Trump. He went golfing, instead.
Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to be admitted into the intensive care unit. They are also more likely to be put on ventilators, need life support, and die. This is compared to coronavirus patients who aren't pregnant, a CDC report found. Racial disparities existed too, with pregnant Hispanic women more likely to contract COVID-19. Black women more likely to experience serious complications, whether or not they were pregnant. The findings add to past research that COVID can raise the risk of pregnancy complications.
With no end in sight to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in the US, it's no surprise that myths about the virus abound. According to Business Insider, one common myth is that wearing a mask is dangerous because you'll get carbon dioxide poisoning. But epidemiology professor Stephen Morse says any CO2 the wearer exhales passes through the mask, just like oxygen, and doesn't build up. After all, healthcare workers wear masks for hours on end, which is proof that mask-wearing does not cause carbon dioxide poisoning or toxicity. Furthermore, blood oxygen levels remain perfectly normal when wearing a mask, provided the wearer is healthy.
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