WEDNESDAY, July 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia can limit access to mifepristone, a medication used to end early pregnancies. The decision is the first of its kind and could affect how other states handle access to drugs that are approved byContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jul. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women are more likely to have children in the same month as their own birth, and now researchers think they might know why. Births within immediate families tend to cluster within a given month, according to data on more than 10 million deliveriesContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 14 million children and adults will die from preventable causes during the next five years as a result of U.S. foreign aid cuts, a new study projects. Programs supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) prevented 91 million deathsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Taking time off work when a baby is born is good for dads and babies alike. But a new study finds that most fathers still don’t take much parental leave — often because they simply can’t afford to. Just 36% of new dadsContinue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — With early summer temperatures already setting triple-digit records across the East Coast, safety experts are sounding the alarm about the risks of leaving young children inside hot cars. Nine children have died so far this year after being left alone in vehicles in California,Continue Reading
MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental test can predict a woman’s risk of miscarriage, based on problems in the womb lining that occur prior to pregnancy. In some women, an essential biological process that prepares the endometrium for pregnancy doesn’t progress properly, increasing the risk of miscarriage,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, June 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Harried parents aren’t wrong to suspect something’s changed in what is expected of them when it comes to their children’s sports activities, a new study says. Modern-day parents are spending more time, money and resources on their kids’ sports activities than moms andContinue Reading
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case next term involving a New Jersey nonprofit that runs anti-abortion pregnancy centers and is fighting a state investigation. At the center of the case is First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which operates five clinics acrossContinue Reading
Similar increases observed for higher-order births; increase in mean age at first birth seen in all racial and ethnic groupsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, June 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Pregnant women are more likely to have poorer health care in states that ban or restrict abortion, a new study says. Expectant mothers are more often uninsured and have less access to routine medical care in those states, researchers reported in the AmericanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Attorneys general from four states are asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to lift restrictions on mifepristone, a pill used in medication abortions. The request came Thursday from top officials in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. They said inContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It’s not news that new mothers lose a lot of sleep in the weeks after giving birth. But a new study underscores just how much of a dent a new baby puts into a woman’s sleep patterns. In particular, a new mom’s abilityContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered a fresh safety review of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions. He asked Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to “review the latestContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As many as 1 in 5 women say they’ve sought care at fake medical clinics with an anti-abortion agenda, a new study says. Between 12% to 20% of 18- to 44-year-old women in four states – Arizona, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Jersey –Continue Reading