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Researchers found postpartum depression more than doubled, going from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021.
A study published in JAMA found cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with immediate risks, such as low birth weight and preterm birth.
Advances in neonatal care now make it possible to save extremely premature babies, some born as early as 22 weeks.
Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid–the country’s massive health insurance programs for the elderly and lower-income adults and children.
Researchers are trying to understand why some women might develop pre-eclampsia when they don’t have other markers for the condition.
It’s 2024 and we are just getting a comprehensive map of how the brain changes (in significant ways!) during pregnancy.
Hundreds of female Customs and Border Protection employees filed suit against the agency, saying they were discriminated against once they announced they were pregnant.
One of the main recommendations is bringing mental health care into “all relevant perinatal settings.”
Erin Hirshberg writes a devastating but beautiful essay on having a stillbirth at 36 weeks
a deep dive on why hospitals are closing OBGYN units throughout the country, and the answer isn’t the fall of Roe making obstetrical care legally dangerous. It’s far simpler than that: money.
The United States’ maternal mortality rate is the worst in the world among wealthy countries. But a new analysis of CDC statistics makes the case that the rate is around 10 deaths per 100,000 births—not the nearly 33 deaths per 100,000 births reported around this time last year.
The first antidepressant pill specifically recommended to treat postpartum depression hit the market at the end of 2023, but an analysis found that most private insurers haven’t published criteria on when they will cover the drug.
Bloomberg looks at the business side of luxury postpartum retreats in the United States, which have expanded from New York City to Washington DC and California.
Could this be an effective treatment for perinatal depression?
Only 17 insurers–less than 1 percent of the 1,000 insurance companies in the country–have published coverage guidance.
Extreme Republicans are holding up a government funding bill and insisting a food program for women and children that has been funded for decades not get a budget increase this year, despite increasing food prices.
Emily Oster, the author of Expecting Better, takes on the New York Times’ recent reporting on procedures to address tongue ties in infants, aka frenotomies.
A recap of coverage in California of an insurance company making it difficult for women to get medication to treat postpartum depression.
A healthcare consultant dedicatedly tracked her time during the first year of her baby’s life. The result? Some incredible information.
The NYT takes a look at the research behind “tongue-tie” procedures for infants that struggle to breastfeed—and finds it lacking.