Michigan advocates are working to make pregnancy and childbirth safer and more equitable for communities of color.

A groundbreaking study reveals that a simple blood test measuring placental growth factor (PlGF) levels can help predict ...

Opioid use during pregnancy—whether of highly addictive drugs like fentanyl or controlled opioids like buprenorphine—doubles ...

Low vitamin D levels in early pregnancy are linked to higher risk of preterm birth and reduced fetal growth. Read now.

Pregnant women with low vitamin D levels during the first trimester were four times more likely to give birth prematurely ...

New research in mice has found that cytomegalovirus infection can worsen necrotizing enterocolitis, an often-fatal ...

Midpregnancy PlGF screening may predict early preterm birth risk, enabling timely intervention and improved perinatal ...

It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complications are a ...

A retrospective study demonstrated that GLP-1 receptor agonist use before pregnancy corresponded with lower risks for ...

High uptake of RSVpreF vaccine and nirsevimab was observed, with 64% of pregnant individuals and 70% of infants receiving ...

Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE -- a type of brain damage caused by oxygen loss -- offers no benefits ...