A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, UTHealth Houston and collaborating institutions reveals that maternal COVID-19 ...

Labor and delivery are complicated biological processes that require careful coordination of multiple signaling pathways. In fact, some studies suggest that preterm births can occur when cross-talk ...

February is Heart Health Awareness Month. Heart disease is the number one killer among women because it can lead to a heart ...

Ultrasound is one of the most important advances in medicine. With the capability of seeing the fetus inside the uterus, physicians can now more accurately estimate the gestational age, growth and ...

CMV = cytomegalovirus; IUGR = intrauterine growth restriction; and EGA = estimated gestational age. Evidence of a metabolic acidosis in intrapartum fetal, umbilical arterial cord, or very early ...

Every day, pregnant people across the United States get the news that the futures they imagined for their babies are at risk due to a fetal condition. It may be something relatively minor, like a ...

Chimeras — fantastical creatures composed of different animal parts — have appeared across cultures representing the wondrous, the grotesque, and the inherent complexity of identity. In ancient Greece ...