HealthDay News — Maternal obesity grades 2 and 3 is associated with hospital admissions for infection throughout childhood, according to a study published online June 3 in BMJ Medicine.

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“While it can be worrisome for patients who may be at risk for such infections, it’s important to remember that most maternal infections do not result in fetal infection,” says Elise ...

“We saw no association between the individual [diagnostic codes on medical records] indicating maternal infection and [a child’s] autism diagnosis,” senior study author Magdalena Janecka ...

A maternal death defined by the World Health ... hypertension, hemorrhage, sepsis, infection, but then also a big chunk of it is because of access to care and quality of care," said Adams.