After Idaho's strict abortion ban, OB-GYNs stage a quick exodus

by Sarah VarneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAt a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint's only labor and delive

Updated on: April 11,2024

After Idaho's strict abortion ban, OB-GYNs stage a quick exodus

by Sarah VarneyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAt a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint's only labor and delive

Updated on:April 11,2024

Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births

by Curtin UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Curtin University study has found diet, malaria, substance use and a lack of antenatal care services are linked to one in 10 babies in t

Updated on: May 06,2024

Diet, malaria and substance use linked to Pacific preterm births

by Curtin UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Curtin University study has found diet, malaria, substance use and a lack of antenatal care services are linked to one in 10 babies in t

Updated on:May 06,2024

Federally funded sex education programs linked to decline in teen birth rates, new study shows

by New York UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe implementation of federally funded sex education programs over a decade ago was followed by a decline in teenage pregnancies in counties

Updated on: March 05,2024

Federally funded sex education programs linked to decline in teen birth rates, new study shows

by New York UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe implementation of federally funded sex education programs over a decade ago was followed by a decline in teenage pregnancies in counties

Updated on:March 05,2024

Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainIdentical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differenc

Updated on: April 03,2024

Severity of autism symptoms varies greatly among identical twins

by NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: CC0 Public DomainIdentical twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience large differenc

Updated on:April 03,2024

Maternal and child healthcare isn't reaching everyone in urban sub-Saharan Africa

by Amanuel Abajobir, Estelle Monique Sidze, Frederick Murunga Wekesah,The ConversationCredit: RDNE Stock project from PexelsThe world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and chil

Updated on: April 03,2024

Maternal and child healthcare isn't reaching everyone in urban sub-Saharan Africa

by Amanuel Abajobir, Estelle Monique Sidze, Frederick Murunga Wekesah,The ConversationCredit: RDNE Stock project from PexelsThe world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and chil

Updated on:April 03,2024

Medicines360's long and winding, $82 million road to create and distribute $50 birth control

by SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of PhilanthropyA client receives information at Mary’s Center, a community health center in Washington in 2018. The center is one of more than 2,500 publicly funded h

Updated on: January 17,2024

Medicines360's long and winding, $82 million road to create and distribute $50 birth control

by SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of PhilanthropyA client receives information at Mary’s Center, a community health center in Washington in 2018. The center is one of more than 2,500 publicly funded h

Updated on:January 17,2024

California is a reproductive rights haven. So why are women being forced into surgeries?

by Ariane Lange, The Sacramento BeeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKaitlyn Weiss felt a searing pain on the surgical table, surrounded by strangers. She was in labor and she did not want to be in th

Updated on: January 17,2024

California is a reproductive rights haven. So why are women being forced into surgeries?

by Ariane Lange, The Sacramento BeeCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainKaitlyn Weiss felt a searing pain on the surgical table, surrounded by strangers. She was in labor and she did not want to be in th

Updated on:January 17,2024

Attitudes around older motherhood too often emphasize risk and pregnancy timing, researcher says

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn current policy texts, medical guidelines and educational materials, the dominant discourse surrounding women who give birth la

Updated on: May 20,2024

Attitudes around older motherhood too often emphasize risk and pregnancy timing, researcher says

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn current policy texts, medical guidelines and educational materials, the dominant discourse surrounding women who give birth la

Updated on:May 20,2024

6 weeks after giving birth, woman tells us what labor, delivery and postpartum looks like in a pandemic

by Christen A. JohnsonCredit: CC0 Public DomainBefore Rachael Stewart gave birth to her second child, a baby boy named Caleb, on March 26, she knew many of the items on her birth plan would not go as

Updated on: April 08,2024

6 weeks after giving birth, woman tells us what labor, delivery and postpartum looks like in a pandemic

by Christen A. JohnsonCredit: CC0 Public DomainBefore Rachael Stewart gave birth to her second child, a baby boy named Caleb, on March 26, she knew many of the items on her birth plan would not go as

Updated on:April 08,2024

New stillbirth risk figures help women's decisions on timing delivery

by Queen Mary, University of LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainWith every week that a pregnancy continues past term (37 weeks), the risk of stillbirth increases, according to an analysis of more tha

Updated on: July 02,2024

New stillbirth risk figures help women's decisions on timing delivery

by Queen Mary, University of LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainWith every week that a pregnancy continues past term (37 weeks), the risk of stillbirth increases, according to an analysis of more tha

Updated on:July 02,2024