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NHS errors blamed for hundreds of cerebral palsy births over the past decade costing healthcare system £493MILLION every yearAnalysis of negligence claims show serious mistakes include delayed deliveryCerebral palsy occurs when…

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — In Mississippi, where health officials expect 5,000 more births each year as a result of the… GREENWOOD, Miss.…

A leading panel has advised US officials to pull the only drug approved to prevent premature birth from the market.By a near unanimous 14-1 vote, the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory…

The only drug on the market used to prevent premature births could soon be pulled from shelves as regulators fear it does not work.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared the drug Makena, produced by the Swiss firm Covis Pharma,…

Elizabeth Huffner thinks it is obvious: A full-term, healthy pregnancy results in a birth.“When your due date has come and gone, you’re expecting a baby any minute,” Huffner said. So she was surprised to discover she was an “unknown…

A Covid baby boom? No, birth rate fell in countries with the longest lockdowns: Stress and fears for the future seen as possible reasons for fewer pregnanciesBirth rates fell by an average of 14 per cent in 24 European…

Washington: Women who experience anxiety about their pregnancies give birth earlier on average than those who don’t, according to new research. The study, which examined the relationship between pregnancy length and different measures of…