Increases in life expectancy in the UK and elsewhere had slowed even before 2016—and COVID-19 is expected to further eliminate any gains, Newcastle University studies show.
Feb 1, 2021
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Pregnant women are among those most in need of safe and effective therapies against COVID-19, but they are routinely excluded from the majority of clinical treatment trials, according to authors of an opinion piece based ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Pregnant women who test positive for COVID-19 and their newborn babies have a low risk of developing severe symptoms, according to a new study from UT Southwestern.
Nov 19, 2020
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The gap in life expectancy between disadvantaged and privileged Americans has widened over the past half-decade, but so has the gap between the most affluent Americans and their peers in other prosperous nations, according ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Heart disease, homicide and cancer are leading contributing factors to stark differences in life expectancy between Black people and white people in Washington, DC, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Aug 27, 2020
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A four-fold increase in stillbirths in a large UK maternity hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic might also be replicated in Australia due to guidelines which have discouraged face-to-face antenatal visits in recent months.
Aug 13, 2020
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Women the world over have had their pregnancy and birth experiences drastically altered as a result of the global pandemic. In the UK, the NHS had to quickly put measures in place to ensure that it could safely continue to ...
Aug 3, 2020
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Older Americans may be receiving cancer screenings not recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Jul 30, 2020
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An Australian-first antenatal vaccine communication model for midwives showed promise for increasing uptake of maternal and childhood vaccines, according to a pilot study.
Jun 8, 2020
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Women with health insurance were 15 percentage points more likely to have facility-based childbirth.
Apr 20, 2020
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