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Mother with short pink hair kissing newborn in hospital after induced labor at 39 weeks
Health

Inducing labor at 39 weeks reduces the need for some C-sections

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Person making online purchase.
Technology

Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases

By Simon Fondrie-Teitler/The Markup, Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Bird control pills, IUD, ring, and other hormonal birth control options illustrated in pink, purple, blue.
Health

Where is all the hormone-free birth control?

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Pink pigeon in New York City wildlife rescue center that was dyed for gender reveal party
Environment

Gender reveal parties are turning nature pink and blue

By Zayna Syed

Mother and baby in black and white photos in an album to show postpartum depression vs. postpartum psychosis
Health

The important difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Baby with RSV in hospital ventilator. Nurse with blue glove is holding their foot.
Health

Fighting RSV in babies starts with a mother’s antibodies

By Ben Guarino

Pregnant woman with brown hair in a pink hospital gown about to give birth in a bed
Health

We don’t really know how many pregnant people are dying in the US

By Maria Parazo Rose

The US can’t agree on what a ‘life-saving abortion’ means
Health

The US can’t agree on what a ‘life-saving abortion’ means

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Hand holding a pen placing sticky note on planner, a good way to track your period without an app.
DIY

How to track your own period—without an app

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

New mother nursing newborn baby while wearing a COVID mask
Health

COVID deaths in pregnant people in the US are flying under the radar

By Maria Parazo Rose

St. Louis Planned Parenthood, the last abortion clinic in Missouri and the defendants in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization, with a Still Here sign during the Roe v. Wade SCOTUS decision
Health

The reversal of Roe v. Wade breaks the US standard for healthcare

By Kate Baggaley

Two ultrasounds of fetal and maternal placental tissues
Health

Placentas are full of secrets. These researchers want to unlock them.

By Ella Weaver

Person with long dark hair in a maternity dress in front of a window looking sad because of a miscarriage
Health

Miscarriages could become more dangerous in a post-Roe world

By Kate Baggaley

packages of colorful pills
Health

This birth control pill for men could begin human trials later this year

By Hannah Seo

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.
Health

The CDC is urging pregnant people to get COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s how we know it’s safe.

By Kate Baggaley

pregnant lift weights
Health

Is it safe to lift weights while pregnant?

By Sara Chodosh

an old-fashioned medical tool covered in a serrated blade
Science

Why were chainsaws invented? To help with childbirth.

By Popular Science Team

a pregnant person touches their belly
Health

A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it?

By Sarah Yahr Tucker

pregnant person holding their belly
Health

A new drug could help treat perinatal depression

By Philip Kiefer

6 pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills
Health

6 pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills

By Rachel Feltman