Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
GENEVA/NEW YORK, 21 November 2023 Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention,...
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Vaping safe to help pregnant women stop smoking, UK research suggests
Vaping during pregnancy is a safe approach to stopping smoking and preferred by women attending cessation services, say UK researchers....
Pregnant women exposed to common flame retardants may face preterm birth risk
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at UC Davis Health found that exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants...
Telling health staff not to report women for suspected illegal abortions has firm legal basis | Abortion
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists’ call for abortion to be decriminalised – and announcement that it will tell...
Study links COVID-19 infections in pregnant women to respiratory health issues in babies
Babies born to mothers who contracted a COVID-19 infection while pregnant have “unusually high rates” of respiratory distress at birth...
After a month of siege, bombardments and a health system obliterated, pregnant women in Gaza are caught in a catastrophe – occupied Palestinian territory
GAZA, Palestine – “The working conditions in our hospital are catastrophic. We lack basic life necessities and we’re struggling with...
