New technologies claiming to copy human milk reuse old marketing tactics to sell baby formula and undermine breastfeeding

Around the globe, 823,000 child deaths could be prevented annually with appropriate breastfeeding. Formula makers continue to defy a 40-year-old international code on marketing their product.

Cecília Tomori, Associate Professor and Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing • conversation
June 14, 2021 • ~9 min

Pregnancy during COVID-19 lockdown: How the pandemic has affected new mothers

Pregnant women's experiences can affect their babies' health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide stresses can lead to these long-term consequences – and the pandemic likely fits the bill.

Alyssa Morris, Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
May 19, 2021 • ~10 min

Special Saying for Mother’s Day
VOA Learning English • voa
May 8, 2021 • ~4 min

Grammar and Mother’s Day
VOA Learning English • voa
May 6, 2021 • ~4 min

What causes miscarriages? An expert explains why women shouldn't blame themselves

Miscarriage occurs in 15% to 25% of diagnosed pregnancies, bringing heartache to millions of women, many of whom blame themselves. In most cases, however, miscarriage is due to random genetic errors.

Rochanda Mitchell, Fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Virginia • conversation
May 5, 2021 • ~6 min

Pandemic pushed many moms out of the workforce

New research documents how the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting loss of in-person education for kids, has sidelined mothers from the workforce.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
March 2, 2021 • ~10 min

Pandemic pushed many moms out of the workforce

New research documents how the COVID-19 pandemic, and resulting loss of in-person education for kids, has sidelined mothers from the workforce.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
March 2, 2021 • ~10 min

In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut

Microbes can alter the minds of mouse mothers and disrupt their natural instinct to nurture their young.

Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology; author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 8, 2021 • ~8 min

Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship

Microbes can alter the minds of mouse mothers and disrupt their natural instinct to nurture their young.

Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology; author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 8, 2021 • ~8 min

Rough nights for moms of multiple kids, but not dads

Mothers of multiple children report more fragmented sleep, but the number of kids doesn't seem to affect sleep quality for dads.

Shirley Cardenas-McGill • futurity
Jan. 13, 2021 • ~3 min

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