The SOGC has released a statement regarding the alarming situation with pregnant woman with COVID-19 in ICU in Ontario. Read the statement here: pregnancyinfo.ca/wp-content/upl…

'This is unprecedented': COVID-19 is putting record numbers of pregnant women in intensive care units ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

Cherchez-vous un moyen d’expliquer à vos patient(e)s/client(e)s l’importance de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 pendant la grossesse? Les professionnels de la santé de l’Ontario se sont réunis afin de diffusé une message unifié dans plusieurs langues: vimeo.com/showcase/covid…

Congratulations to Dr. Deshayne Fell! @deshaynef Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine CHEO Ottawa

1/3 Today 215 orange ribbons were attached to trees in #CHEO’s Butterfly Garden, our special memorial garden for children who have died. In this way, CHEO's community honours the lives of the #215children whose bodies were found in a mass grave at the Kamloops residential school.

We've pulled our scheduled tweets for the rest of today. Instead, we ask that you please RT this. Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society 1-800-721-0066 IRS National Crisis Line 1-866-925-4419 Distress Centre of Ottawa 613-238-3311 YSB Crisis Line 613-260-2360 Thank you.

See our preliminary descriptive findings on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy bit.ly/3ekiqsd CHEO Ottawa COVID-19 Immunity Task Force #BORNData

Join the #HealthEquity Advisory Group at BORN. We need members of equity-seeking groups with lived experience to help review the collection of #race-based data and other social determinants of health data. Apply by Aug 18th bit.ly/3kQ5JcY

A new PrenatalScreeningOntario study, powered by BORN Ontario data, measured the performance of Ontario’s #PrenatalScreening system for #trisomy21 (Down syndrome) and #trisomy18, and tracked prenatal testing choices. 🔗cmaj.ca/content/193/30… #InformedChoice #cfDNA #OpenAccess CHEO Ottawa CMAJ

See our June 2021 descriptive report of preliminary findings on COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy (in Ontario) bit.ly/2W7wQG6 CHEO Ottawa COVID-19 Immunity Task Force #BORNData

Check out how BORN has been facilitating and improving care over the past year: bit.ly/3sX4tGW Thanks to all our data contributors & partners who make this work possible.#BORNData #PerinatalCare #Birth #OntarioData

Today is going to be rough for a lot of people. Please be mindful of this. 🧡

New Norwegian #NIPH study in NEJM finds no evidence of⬆️risk for early #pregnancy loss after COVID-19 vaccination & adds to evidence supporting COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy: bit.ly/3B8C7Ms Great work by researchers including Dr. Deshayne Fell from Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa CHEO Ottawa

Did you know today is Genetic Counsellor (GC) Awareness Day? Last year, our GCs responded to 455 inquiries from pregnant individuals, health-care providers, and other stakeholders. Reach out with #PrenatalScreening questions or if you want to learn about genetic counselling!

NIPT is now publicly-funded for all twin pregnancies in Ontario Visit PrenatalScreeningOntario.ca for more details

We know you have questions about getting your kids vaccinated. So we asked the experts 👇 🧵[1/6] #ScienceUpFirst #KidsVaccinesDay

While #cfDNA performs very well for the detection of trisomies 21/18/13, it can at times fail to yield a result. The newly published PrenatalScreeningOntario study provides information on failure rates and outcomes in a real-world setting: ➡️bit.ly/3HsqUg1 Kara Bellai Dussault AJOG