Birmingham Women’s Hospital is now home to the NHS’s first simulation suite dedicated to maternal and neonatal health following a £1 m donation from high street...
Two studies show the potential for genomic screening in newborns to address high rates of infant hospitalisation and mortality. Presently, hundreds of genetic diseases are either...
Nua Surgical, an Irish medical device company focusing on maternal health has secured €6.5m that will be used to drive the manufacturing, testing, regulatory clearance and...
Scientists have discovered that pregnancy may trigger a natural immunity to boost protection against severe flu infection. Contrary to the common belief that pregnancy increases vulnerability...
For pregnant women, exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) was associated with altered immune responses that can lead to adverse birth outcomes, according to a...
Children of mothers who took certain antiseizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age six, according to a long-running study. Treating epilepsy...
A gene therapy approach to boosting the placenta is safe in monkeys, according to a new, short-term study, bringing the potential treatment closer to improving birthweights...
Women who suffer severe complications during their first pregnancy or delivery are less inclined to have more babies, a new study reports. Given the recent steady...
Expectant mothers who maintain a diet that meets USDA dietary guidelines during pregnancy may be more likely to have infants with healthy birthweights, steadier growth patterns,...
A new study reveals a troubling rise in severe maternal health issues and birth complications in Illinois from 2016 to 2023, closely linked to increases in...
