Skip to main content

Healthy Headlines

Toggle menu and search

Browse Topics

Health

  • Back & Spine
  • Brain Health
  • COVID-19
  • Cancer
  • Children's Health
  • Cold & Flu
  • Diabetes
  • Heart Care
  • Joint Pain; Orthopedics
  • Men's Health
  • Mental Health
  • Pregnancy & Childbirth
  • Sleep
  • Sports Medicine
  • Stroke
  • Women's Health

Lifestyle

  • Aging & Active
  • Daily Living
  • Recipes
  • Weight & Nutrition

Our Commitment

  • How We Work
  • Making A Difference
  • Stories That Inspire
  • The People Behind Our Promise
  • Western North Carolina

For Physicians

Public Policy Solutions

Podcasts: Meaningful Medicine with Novant Health

I Want To…
Access MyChart
Get Care Now
Find My Career
Get in Touch
COVID-19

CDC issues 'urgent action' for pregnant women to get COVID vaccine

COVID in expectant mothers increases chance of premature birth, other complications

Page Leggett
Contributing Writer
Gina DiPietro
Writer
Updated Sept. 30, 2021
Published Aug. 16, 2021
pediatrician baby newborn cute family
Share
Facebook
X
LinkedIn
Email
Print
Comments (0)

Leave a Comment

Please note: This site is not for personal medical questions. Those need to be answered by your medical provider.

Editor's Note: Please limit your comments to the specific post. We reserve the right to omit any response that is not related to the article or that may be considered objectionable.

Tags

  • vaccine safety
  • COVID and pregnancy
  • COVID vaccine
  • vaccine confidence
  • pregnancy

Tags

  • vaccine safety
  • COVID and pregnancy
  • COVID vaccine
  • vaccine confidence
  • pregnancy

Stay Connected. Stay Well.

The best of Healthy Headlines delivered straight to your inbox.

Subscribe

Read Next

Bush family at the beach

Pregnant mom gets the COVID vaccine, inspires others to do the same

Aug. 16, 2021
_DSC4103

Dear Unvaccinated: Letter from a pediatrician

Aug. 12, 2021
blood clots heart attack heart disease

Vaccines and blood clots? COVID clots are a greater concern

Updated June 22, 2022
Kass crop

COVID threw expectant mom a twist no one wants to endure

Sept. 13, 2021
Brittani Milton family

Giving birth during the pandemic helped me learn to say no.

June 24, 2021