During October, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, organizations are working to raise awareness about ways to prevent stillbirth and improve birth outcomes. Stillbirth is a national public health crisis that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. For Alabama families, 1 in every 168 pregnancies ends in stillbirth, and families in the state are 10 times more likely to lose a baby to stillbirth than to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Recent data show the devastating impact of COVID-19 on placentas and babies. Doctors have discovered what they are calling SARS-CoV-2 placentitis, a condition in which the virus attacks...

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