Women who gave birth during the COVID pandemic filled significantly more opioid prescriptions, and at higher strength, for postpartum pain.

People who have pregnancy complications or deliver preterm may have a higher risk of death decades later, researchers report.

New imaging technology that produces real-time 3D maps of uterine contractions during labor could shed light on preterm birth.

New research in mice identifies a possible cellular origin for impairments associated with gestational iron deficiency.

Pregnant rats who eat nanoscale plastic bits pass them to their unborn offspring, research finds. Is the same true for humans?

Care for people who have had a miscarriage may be compromised in states that restrict abortions, a new study shows.

The mortality rate for pregnant people with sickle cell disease is 26 times higher than the national average, research finds.

Male alcohol use may reduce the likelihood that in vitro fertilization will be successful, a new study indicates.

People with opioid-use disorder who are pregnant may have more favorable neonatal health outcomes when using buprenorphine.

Poor diet in the first trimester is not why pregnant women in Nepal are gaining more weight, research indicates.