NIH R01 · 2025
COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO): brain-behavior functioning
ABSTRACT The devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have reverberated through every aspect of our civilization. While SARS-CoV-2, the viral etiology of COVID-19, seems to spare infants in terms of actual infection, it is currently unknown whether maternal infection during pregnancy will have long-term effects on children born during the pandemic. A variety of prenatal insults, including infections and stress, are well-known to lead to increased risk of affective disorders in both mother and child. With its disproportionate reach into already disadvantaged minority communities, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dyad is currently unknown and potentially of unprecedented…
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