During the pandemic, several studies have shown unvaccinated pregnant people are at a higher risk for delivering stillborn babies when infected with COVID-19.
Although other viral infections have also been linked to stillbirths, a new study suggests the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 may have a completely different way of impacting a developing fetus.
A 44-member international research team studied 64 stillbirth cases and four early neonatal deaths from 12 countries to determine how COVID-19 caused perinatal deaths. All the expecting mothers were unvaccinated.