Scientists explore the negative effects of prenatal stress on offspring mental health
The link between psychological stress and physical health problems generally relates to a stress-induced immune response gone wild, with inflammation then causing damage to other systems in the body. It s a predictable cascade - except in pregnancy, research suggests.
Scientists exploring the negative effects of prenatal stress on offspring mental health set out to find the immune cells and microbes in stressed pregnant mice most likely to trigger inflammation in the fetal brain - the source for anxiety and other psychological problems identified in previous research.
Instead, the researchers found two simultaneous conditions in response to stress that made them realize just how complex the cross-talk between mom and baby is during gestation: Immune cells in the placenta and uterus were not activated, but significant inflammation was detected in the fetal brain.
Fresh human placentas continue to be secretly sold in underground markets in China, years after the country banned its commercialization, Chinese media quoted insiders of this illegal industry on Monday.
Mother-to-child transmission and vaccine safety are among the topics experts are trying to unravel 11 March 2021 - 20:11
When not enough data or research is available, the void is filled with anecdotal evidence. This was the situation in May last year when the story broke of a newborn baby that had died in SA from Covid-19.
It shocked the country, especially as we were rushing headlong into the peak of the first wave.
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Community Rallies to Reopen Yorba Linda Schools
About 70 parents, teachers, and students rallied outside the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) office March 9 to show their support for schoolsreopening.
Supervisor Don Wagner, a keynote speaker at the event, was among those lobbying for a full-time return to classrooms.
“It is perfectly safe, we believe, based on the science, to let the kids get back into the classroom,” Wagner told The Epoch Times.
“We see private schools have been able to operate now for months, we’re seeing the vaccines roll out. More and more people are being protected. Our case rates are declining. There’s no reason these kids, who are the least susceptible to disease, shouldn’t be back in the schools, shouldn’t be out playing on the playground, shouldn’t be out on the sports fields.”
A reassuring study reports the immunogenicity and lack of reactogenicity of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine when given to this group of subjects. This will contribute to the sum of knowledge about the implications of vaccination in this high-risk cohort.