Opinion: How artificial intelligence could make pregnancy discrimination in employment more common
In June 2023, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect. The federal law…
Category: reproductive health
Texas abortion case puts doctors’ agency in treating pregnancy complications in the spotlight
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case that could end up deciding whether…
Overdose deaths during pregnancy spiked over the past few years, study says
Overdose deaths among pregnant or postpartum people skyrocketed between 2018 and 2021, according to new…
Preterm birth and infant mortality measures in U.S. remain stubbornly high
Preterm births and infant mortality are at alarming levels in the U.S., according to a…
Opinion: Ohio has enshrined the right to an abortion. But major obstacles remain for patients and providers
Last week those of us who work in reproductive health care celebrated a historic victory in Ohio:…
Cancun abortion clinic will give Americans a new reason to visit the Mexican resort
MEXICO CITY — More than 5.6 million U.S. tourists head to Cancun every year, drawn…
HPV vaccines are so effective that new screening policies may be in order, suggests study
Vaccines work well to prevent cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). So well, in…
Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights
COLUMBUS — Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that ensures access to abortion…
Opinion: A fertility clinic failure destroyed my chance at motherhood
Kindbody, a fast-growing fertility chain, knowingly exposed countless eggs and embryos to unsafe conditions and…
Infant mortality in the U.S. rose last year for the first time in two decades, says CDC
The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two…
The scientist studying how fugitive fetal cells may affect maternal health
Chimeras — fantastical creatures composed of different animal parts — have appeared across cultures representing…
Discovery that chimpanzees go through menopause challenges ‘grandmother hypothesis’
Chimpanzees — they’re just like us. Female chimps, it turns out, go through menopause, and…
Why is maternity leave for doctors such a complete mess?
I was sitting in my car around 4 p.m. on a Friday, waiting in the…
The official definition of infertility now includes LGBTQ+ and single people
Infertility has a new definition in the U.S. — one that could make a big…
Maternal Covid-19 vaccination offers infants immunity for up to 6 months
The risks of severe neonatal morbidity, neonatal death, and admission to the neonatal intensive care…
What will it take to end the crisis of Black deaths in the U.S.?
In the last two decades, Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths compared to…
Dobbs decision leaving broad imprint on reproductive medicine
NEW ORLEANS — The annual meeting of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine is usually…
Measuring the long-term cost of restricting abortion access
When Diana Greene Foster and her team at the University of California, San Francisco, started…
The ‘abortion queen’ wants patients to have ‘skin in the game.’ Is that restricting access?
BRISTOL, Va. — Stephanie Rosenwinge was excited to work for the queen of abortion. She’d…
STAT+: Federal bill would keep addiction medication from triggering a child abuse investigation
When Keri McCallum‘s doctor prescribed her Suboxone, she was told it was the “safest thing…
Opinion: Listen: How two abortion providers grapple with their post-Roe reality
Physicians Alison Block and Nikki Zite knew what they were getting into when they became…
As conservative views collide with science, doctors find themselves navigating political landmines
WASHINGTON — It started with a tweet: A year-old, 43-second clip of Kevin Wang talking…
Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data
For all their potential to drive changes in health, wearables have struggled to gain a…
Opinion: Brain drain, skills loss, and other unintended consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade
Every day at the Kansas clinic where I perform abortions, I take care of pregnant…
STAT+: Artificial wombs, after years in development, reach FDA review for human trials
The artificial womb, a device aiming to save infants born way too soon, is inching…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black midwives?
In the wake of growing alarm over the disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality in…
They’re immigrants, farmworkers, and new moms. And they’re facing postpartum depression at higher rates
Over more than a decade working with immigrant farmworkers in the public clinics of the…
Opinion: Why isn’t there any enforcement of the ACA mandate to support breastfeeding?
Eleven years ago, the Affordable Care Act codified a critical aspect of postpartum care: breastfeeding…
No longer brushed off: A Minnesota clinic tries to rewrite medicine’s approach to miscarriage
WOODBURY, Minn. — By the time Taylor Teske came to be sitting on an exam table…
Krystal Cascetta, Lindsay Clancy, and the impossibility of being a mom in American medicine
In Igbo-Nigerian culture, new moms receive exquisite care from their own mothers, mothers-in-law, or surrogate…
Opinion: A roadmap for making over-the-counter birth control affordable
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Opill, the first over-the-counter access birth control pill,…
Opinion: Medicine robs physicians of their fertility. Here’s how to fix it
“The Retrievals,” a disturbing podcast from Serial and the New York Times released this summer,…
STAT+: A new mom’s illness led to the first diagnosis of a rare condition after childbirth
Figuring out the right medical diagnosis for patients can be a tricky process. The recent…
A new study put period products through the wringer. Discs came out a winner
There are many period products on the market from pads, tampons and cups to discs….
Opinion: Many immigrants are ineligible for important U.S. maternal health initiatives
In the U.S., about 16% of Black birthing people are immigrants. But even as the federal…
Opinion: Doctors in states that ban abortion can still refer patients elsewhere. Why are so few doing that?
For now, abortion remains accessible even in states where it’s banned — at least for…
STAT+: How the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S. got its ‘unapologetic’ design
It’s not every day that a marketing team is tasked with designing the branding and…
A new study shows how Medicaid coverage policies shape maternal health disparities
Medicaid is an essential source of maternal and postpartum care for low-income Americans, covering 42%…
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How telehealth startups are trying to fill the menopause care vacuum
At the turn of the century, nearly 18 million women in the United States were…
Why maternal mortality is so hard to measure — and why the problem may get worse
Every new data point or report appears to confirm it: The U.S. is in the…
‘I felt like I was dying’: How women with postpartum depression fall through the cracks of U.S. health care
Five and a half months after Kristina Dulaney had her second daughter, she developed postpartum…
Opinion: OB-GYNs could have solidified abortion as health care after Roe. They missed their chance
Reflecting on this first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs to overturn Roe…
How abortion access changed in the first year after Roe v. Wade, in 7 charts
One year ago, the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in a landmark decision…
In absence of Roe v. Wade, an abortion doctor dwells on all the patients she does not see
Last year, just a few months after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade…
Biden directs HHS to boost contraception access, a year after Dobbs decision
WASHINGTON – President Biden on Friday told federal health officials to boost contraception access, the…
Opinion: The staggering financial burden of giving birth — even with insurance
The burden of high health care costs and medical debt in the U.S. is no…
New DNA test aims to make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low-income countries
A genomic test for the human papillomavirus has shown promise in early-stage trials, raising hopes…
Opinion: Pregnancy-related death, like Tori Bowie’s, is a far too common occurrence among Black women
The horror stories of Black women dying or coming close to death in childbirth never…
Bacterial infection may be ‘key event’ in common but mysterious endometriosis, study says
Endometriosis, a common gynecological condition, is one of health’s great mimickers. It can manifest as…
Listen: For Long Island mothers, community efforts address ‘an injustice made purposefully invisible’
In the third episode of “Color Code,” we take a look at efforts on Long…