A new study suggests that children born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy face a slightly higher risk of autism and other developmental delays, including problems with speech and motor skills, The Washington Post reported.
The research, published Thursday in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, analyzed medical records from more than 18,000 births in Massachusetts between March 2020 and May 2021, a period before vaccines were widely available.
Of the 861 women who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant, 140 gave birth to children later diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental condition by age three.
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