When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...
The American birthrate has fallen to its lowest rate in history. This has caused consternation in the political class: A falling rate can eventually lead to too few workers to sup ...
The nation’s birthrate — that is, the number of live births per 1,000 people in a given year — is down by more than 25 ...
New moms — human or cat — are never too exhausted to show off how proud they are of their babies, though, and that includes ...
For years, debates about maternity care have centred on how women give birth. But the more important question has always been safety. Vaginal birth, assisted birth and caesarean s ...
Transgender people living in Kansas have been ordered to hand back their driver’s licenses if they do not reflect their assigned-sex-at-birth, under a new law. At such a critical moment in US history, ...
"There are no words to say thank you enough to my donor and her family," Grace Bell said after welcoming baby Hugo in ...
The difficulties that blight pugs and French bulldogs are common in other breeds. However, flat-faced canines trigger strong emotional feelings because they resemble human babies.
A young woman was giving birth to her second baby when midwives made a startling discovery. Now, she has months to live. When ...
I feel sure that a greater wealth of honest, detailed, candid descriptions of birth would make us less susceptible to those ...
Preeclampsia is thought of as elevated blood pressure during pregnancy, but about 20% of cases happen after delivery, said Dr. Jabar Singh, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist who treated Manahan.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being, a move doctors and legal experts warn will have deep ramifications for ...