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Shefali Luthra , Barbara Rodriguez

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When Angela started looking for a COVID-19 vaccine in mid-September, she couldn’t find one. Her local pharmacies in Freeport, Maine, did not have them in stock yet, a scenario that played out across the country amid confusion over how broadly the federal government would approve the vaccine’s use.

Two weeks later, Angela — who is set to have a baby around Thanksgiving — contracted COVID. Soon she was battling a 101-degree fever.

Angela worried about the consequences of a fever in the third trimester of her pregnancy, including preterm labor or neurological defects in the fetus. Emerging research indicates contracting COVID so late in a pregnancy may increase the risk of maternal ICU care

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