Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California’s Budget
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the diversion of a Detroit-bound plane to Canada over Ebola concerns on CBS News’ CBS...
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License To Deliver: Some Midwives Break the Law To Assist With Home Births
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — In a midwife’s suburban Atlanta home with a playground and chicken coop outside, Madie Collins lay on an examination table while...
Pregnancy quiz: Can you deliver on the science of growing babies?
As placental mammals, humans give birth to live young. Pregnancy begins on the first day of the last menstrual period, roughly two weeks before conception....
Scientists identify main cause of extreme nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
An extreme form of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is linked to 10 genes, one of which is likely the main culprit behind the condition,...
As US Birth Rate Falls, Feds’ Response May Make Pregnancy More Dangerous
The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
‘No one knows what they are’: Researchers discover new type of cell that’s seen only during pregnancy
Scientists have unveiled a detailed “atlas” of the placenta and uterus, showing how these unique tissues grow and evolve throughout pregnancy to accommodate a developing...
Lawmakers Seek To Protect Crisis Pregnancy Centers as Abortion Clinic Numbers Shrink
Conservative lawmakers in multiple states are pushing legislation drafted by an anti-abortion advocacy group to increase protections for crisis pregnancy centers, organizations that provide some...
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may cut risk of preeclampsia
Catching COVID-19 during pregnancy significantly raises the risk of the blood-pressure disorder preeclampsia — but getting vaccinated protects against this serious pregnancy complication, new research...
In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss
A new study is the first to identify genetic variants linked with chromosomal abnormalities that can lead to pregnancy loss. About half of pregnancy losses...
Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals
A figure commonly cited to compare the risks of pregnancy and abortion in the U.S. could be grossly underestimating the risk of death from pregnancy,...