pregnancy

Coupled with exertion, extreme heat exposes agricultural workers to more health risks, including miscarriages, stillbirths, preterm births and low birth weight in infants.

More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many basic questions about the virus have been answered, including how it spreads, how it responds to…

A Kern County Superior Court Judge issued a temporary injunction Tuesday against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation -- or CDCR--…

When Jennine Ochoa became pregnant at the end of 2017, she didn’t know what to expect. At 42, she’d waited longer than most women to start a family. But…

Over the years health officials have raised concerns over exposure to pesticides. But now a new report from UC Davis suggests it could be an even bigger…

Midwives have been delivering babies for most of human history. In modern times, midwives tending to homebirths have largely been marginalized from…

Right now in Afghanistan, infants who otherwise might die are getting a new chance at life at Ashfar Hospital in Kabul. The 24 bed neonatal department is…