/oss/taxonomy/term/3018/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health/what-expect-covid-19-vaccine-when-youre-expecting-or-breastfeeding <p>What should public health bodies do in the absence of data? And, even more importantly, what should the people left to make an important health decision do when no data is available?</p> <p>I have seen a lot of anxiety over the question of whether or not people who are pregnant or breastfeeding should get the COVID-19 vaccine. These very same people were prevented from participating in the large clinical trials in which these vaccines were put to the test. Therefore, we don’t have trial data on these groups of people, but they must now make a decision based on seemingly no data at all.</p> Fri, 28 May 2021 20:21:06 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8750 at /oss /oss/article/events/meet-science-mom-kavin-senapathy <p><em>“It’s normal to worry about your baby, I assured myself as I stood in the dark, hand resting on my sleeping baby, carefully counting the rise and fall of her chest in sets of five. I was exhausted and on edge. According to the superstitious creature in my otherwise rational mind, my precious baby might perish while I slept, and it would be all my fault if I didn’t check her breathing.”</em></p> <p><em>-Kavin Senapathy. “Postpartum OCD Is Real and We Need to Talk About It.” SELF (2017)</em></p> Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:30:00 +0000 Kavin Senapathy 6962 at /oss /oss/article/general-science/meet-science-mom-alison-bernstein <p>Rewind to July 2013: Picture your typical elementary school cafeteria with rows of uncomfortable plastic chairs filled with nervous parents of soon-to-be kindergartners.</p> <p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Nervous parent: What kind of snacks do you offer in the afterschool program?</p> <p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Principal: Typically, juice and a snack. Often these are CapriSun and Cheez-Itz.</p> <p style="margin-left:36.0pt">Pregnant me (AUDIBLE GASP, whispers to neighbor): Those have artificial colorings, I can’t believe they are serving that to our kids.</p> Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:01:46 +0000 Alison Bernstein, PhD 6943 at /oss