A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but for about 1 in 10 pregnant women labor begins too soon. Premature or preterm birth is ...
About 1 in 10 pregnancies end in a premature birth.
New immune profiling tool could lead to new ways of screening for preterm birth risk, or new preventive interventions.
Researchers have identified two common drugs that may, when given together during pregnancy, prevent premature births. The ...
Researchers have identified antibodies in pregnancy that appear to play a role in triggering preterm labor, according to data from a study of more than 2,000 pregnant women. In the study published in ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an alert Monday to doctors about an increase in measles infections in pregnant women, as well as a concerning rise in congenital measles — a disease that’s ...
Stanford Medicine researchers built an AI-enabled model of immune system changes in pregnancy, allowing them to test medications to avert premature birth.