Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and ...

Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. This World Prematurity Day, let's understand why this happens ...

An increasing number of pregnant patients and new parents are expressing frustration over being asked to make upfront ...

A new study found that, among nearly 775,000 pregnant people in Massachusetts, 31 percent of these individuals had at least one unscheduled emergency visit to the hospital, and 3.3 percent had four or ...

Exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth, according to a population-based ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Children whose mothers took extra vitamin D during pregnancy continue to have stronger bones at age seven, according to ... High Cost of Childbirth and Postpartum Care Causes ...

A new blood test developed at The Ohio State University College of Nursing – in collaboration with The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center – is the first of its kind to potentially predict the ...

A female passenger in Miami couldn’t wait to deliver her baby at a hospital and instead gave birth at the city’s airport in a ...

Pregnant women say health care providers are billing them to deliver their babies earlier than expected. Patient advocates ...

The keepers at the zoo engage in daily enrichment exercise and training activities with all their elephants, and try to regularly switch up the choices to keep the elephant’s interest. All activities ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is receiving $3.3 million over two years through the Advanced Research Projects Agency ...

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. In pregnancy, chlamydia can lead to a variety of complications, including preterm labor and low birth weight.