Denmark becomes the first EU country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis through nationwide ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or ...

Boston Ballet dancer Chenxin Liu discovered she was pregnant last August and shifted her mindset from pushing limits to listening more closely to her body.

Maternal deaths spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic because the coronavirus was particularly dangerous to pregnant women.

Fewer U.S. women died around the time of childbirth in 2024, a government analysis shows, and provisional data suggests the ...

The CDC on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That is down from 669 deaths in 2023, and a continued drop from 2022 and 2021 -- when it was ...

Hailey Bieber’s doctor told her to not get pregnant because of the rare genetic condition that increased her risk of ...

Pregnancy is a period of heightened vulnerability and stress, and dampening fear responses could help protect maternal mental ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported that 649 mothers died in 2024 during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. That is down from 669 deaths in 2023, and a ...

Government officials and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

Home births became more popular during the pandemic, when hospital deliveries came with a risk of contracting Covid and few visitors were allowed. For other women, giving birth at home may be the only ...

Women's bodies undergo some of the most intense mechanical demands in human physiology during childbirth and yet the science behind this crucial moment in human life has been largely overlooked for as ...