Genome-wide neonatal epigenetic changes associated with maternal exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study was approved by the Children’s National Institutional Review Board under Protocol 14257 and all methods were carried out in accordance with institutional guidelines and regulations. Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants and recorded in writing. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was funded by National Institutes of Health (NHLBI R01 HL116585-01), Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, and A. James Clark Distinguished Chair of Molecular Genetics. The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at the University of California, Irvine supports effort for EV, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, grant number 5UL1TR001414. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH."