The decades-long syphilis epidemic in the U.S. continues, as the CDC says the maternal syphilis rate spiked 28% between 2022 ...
Commonly cited statistics on the mortality risk of pregnancy when compared to abortion in the U.S. are a vast undercount, ...
Preeclampsia can strike without warning and affects mothers across all demographic groups. One mom is sharing her story after ...
One day, there could be a new test to screen for type 1 diabetes, now that scientists have found markers in the blood of the ...
Researchers have identified a protein pattern that, already at birth, looks markedly different in those who later go on to ...
Researchers have identified a protein pattern that, already at birth, looks markedly different in those who later go on to ...
Federal officials in May 2023 declared an end to the national COVID pandemic. But more than two years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability ...
"I had hyperemesis during my pregnancy, and my brain really latched onto the take-home message that food = the most painful nausea and vomiting of my life. I developed an aversion to food, and it didn ...
A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...
Humans commonly contract toxoplasmosis by eating undercooked meat or through exposure to contaminated soil or cat feces. The parasite is best known for its ability to hide in the body by forming tiny ...
Pregnancy is often framed as glowing, magical, and instinctive, but many realities are left out of the conversation. These ...
Just hours after Rhonda Swaney left a prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, she felt severe pain in her stomach and ...