Giving birth amid Gaza's devastation is traumatic, but babies continue to be born As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.
What we know — and don't know — about the FDA-approved postpartum depression pill Postpartum depression affects as many as 1 in 7 women in the U.S., though there are just two treatments approved for it. Experts say the newest could be a game-changer — depending on its price tag.
U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Here's who is most at risk The rate at which women in the U.S. are dying from pregnancy related causes more than doubled in recent decades. A new study, published in JAMA shows Black women and Native Americans are most at risk.
In post-Roe Texas, 2 mothers with traumatic pregnancies walk very different paths The state's abortion bans make no exceptions for fatal fetal anomalies. Two women had devastating pregnancy diagnoses — one could leave the state for an abortion, and the other could not.
A robot answers questions about health. Its creators just won a $2.25 million prize At the Skoll World Forum this week, South Africa's Reach Digital Health was one of five honorees. They offer health advice via mobile phones to millions, focusing on pregnancy, babies and COVID.
A Good Friday funeral in Texas. Baby Halo's parents had few choices in post-Roe Texas When she gave birth to her baby with a fatal condition two months early, Samantha Casiano scrambled to raise funds for the funeral. Anti-abortion advocates say Texas laws are "working as designed."
To safeguard healthy twin, she had to 'escape' Texas for abortion procedure When Lauren Miller found out one of her twins had a fatal condition, she discovered her doctors in Texas would only say: You need to leave the state. She went to Colorado for a selective reduction.
Covid vaccines provide protection during pregnancy, study says A new study out of UW Medicine states that getting Covid vaccines and booster shots provided great protection during pregnancy, even amid omicron spikes.
Many ERs offer minimal care for miscarriage. One group wants that to change A group of doctors trains health care providers to treat miscarriage in the emergency department. This could be increasingly important in states where abortion is outlawed.
Over-the-counter birth control pills are available worldwide. The U.S. may be next Birth control pills are available in the U.S. only with a prescription. Now a drugmaker is asking the FDA to approve a progestin-only contraceptive that would be available without one at pharmacies.