Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated.

Don't worry, it's not stressful and there's no treadmill in sight. The nonstress test is a check of your baby's well-being. Here's more about why you might have one.

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a simple blood test during pregnancy that helps detect rare genetic conditions early, ...

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Previous reports have indicated that between 20 and 60 per cent of pregnant women in Ireland consume alcohol during pregnancy. Data on alcohol consumption by pregnant women in Ireland has previously ...

Ayanna Harris-Rashid was sitting up in bed, her newborn son latched to her breast, one hand scrolling on her phone, when the police called. She was wanted on a felony charge of child neglect.

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

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Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A new blood test is helping doctors predict the risk of preeclampsia earlier in pregnancy. It's a common complication of pregnancy involving high blood pressure. But Dr. Angela Angel, an ...