Aggressive policing tactics like stop-and-frisk are linked to worse newborn health outcomes in neighborhoods where such tactics are most pervasive, University of Oregon research finds. Babies of non-Hispanic Black mothers ...
Apr 14, 2026
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In new research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12–15 May), researchers show an increased risk of stroke in young adulthood for children of low birthweight, independent ...
Apr 3, 2026
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In an early test of how AI can be used to decipher large amounts of health data, researchers at UC San Francisco and Wayne State University found that generative AI tools could perform orders of magnitude faster—and in some ...
Feb 17, 2026
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Among a cross-sectional group of women of reproductive age in Georgia, 76% supported the legality of abortion access at six weeks and 60% supported it at 14 weeks, according to a new study published in the open-access journal ...
Nov 12, 2025
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More expectant mothers are accessing prenatal care, according to new data and long-term trends that paint a picture of the health and birth outcomes of mothers and babies in Australia.
Jul 31, 2025
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From 2016 to 2023, there was an increase in the rate of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions, according to a March data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The research is published in ...
Mar 20, 2025
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Increased exposure to glyphosate, one of the most widely used herbicides in the United States and much of the world, harms infant health in U.S. agricultural counties, according to a new study by two University of Oregon ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Novice users with no prior training in ultrasonography can accurately estimate gestational age (GA) with an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled device for first-trimester pregnancies, according to a study published online ...
Aug 6, 2024
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From 2014 to 2022, there was a shift toward shorter gestational age, according to the Jan. 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Feb 1, 2024
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Human pathologists are extensively trained to detect when tissue samples from one patient mistakenly end up on another patient's microscope slides (a problem known as tissue contamination). But such contamination can easily ...
Jan 23, 2024
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