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While healthy individuals may experience only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, listeria infection can lead to miscarriages and stillbirths during pregnancy, per the FDA.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
For pregnant women, the infection can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, according to the agency.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
During pregnancy, untreated hyperthyroidism has been associated with preeclampsia, premature births, stillbirths, and the development of congenital heart defects, per the ATA.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Pregnant women who are exposed to listeria are at risk of pregnancy loss, stillbirth, premature delivery or the life-threatening infection of their newborn.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
For pregnant women, the infection can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, according to the agency.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
During pregnancy, untreated hyperthyroidism has been associated with preeclampsia, premature births, stillbirths, and the development of congenital heart defects, per the ATA.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Pregnant women who are exposed to listeria are at risk of pregnancy loss, stillbirth, premature delivery or the life-threatening infection of their newborn.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Stillbirth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stillbirth. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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stillbirth
noun
still·birth
ˈstil-ˌbərth 
-ˈbərth
: the birth of a dead baby
Medical Definition
stillbirth
noun
still·birth
ˈstil-ˌbərth, -ˈbərth
: the birth of a dead fetus compare live birth
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