New research on toxin exposure finds weakened immune response as far out as the rodent equivalent of great-grandchildren.

Stem cells from bone marrow play a big role in the start and continuation of a pregnancy, research with mice suggests.

New research on high blood pressure in pregnancy links the trend to age and race.

An OB-GYN addresses a common myth, that barometric pressure during a hurricane causes early labor, and shares how pregnant women should prepare for big storms.

A new technique that isolates trophoblast cells—placental cells that carry the complete fetal genome—could offer an alternative to more invasive tests.

Pregnant women of color say doctors and nurses are packaging health information in a way that limits their options and even misleads them.

Transgender men who become pregnant face multiple obstacles to receiving appropriate health care.

The realtionship abuse teen girls face includes pressure from boyfriends to get pregnant, but parents can help with the right conversation.

Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant may have children with lower IQs. But folate may offset some of the toxic effects.

Taking antiretroviral therapies for HIV while pregnant or nursing has little effect on baby brain development, research in Malawi and Uganda shows.