stillbirth

A decades-long effort to lower the stillbirth rate in the United States has stalled, as has progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with White women, according to a Rutgers-led study.…

Painkiller warning for mothers-to-be: Taking ibuprofen or paracetamol in pregnancy raises risk of giving birth prematurely or having a stillbirth by 50%, study findsPreterm birth is 50% higher among expectant mothers who take…

Pregnant women who are vaccinated against Covid are 'significantly' less likely to suffer a stillbirth compared to the unvaccinated, research suggests.There had been widespread safety concerns about the jabs among expectant mothers, which…

In a world first discovery, South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may cause stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children. An anomaly in the development of…

People who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant were more likely to have poor birth outcomes including preterm birth, small for gestational age, low birth weight, and stillbirth. The poor outcomes of preterm birth and stillbirth were observed…

A growing body of evidence has linked the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with an increased risk for pregnancy complications, including stillbirths. Now, for the first time, researchers at Massachusetts General…

The risk of stillbirth is about twice as high for women with Covid compared to those without, and grew to about quadruple during the period when the Delta variant became dominant, a large US government study said Friday.The analysis,…

<!-- -->The study is among the strongest to date linking Covid and stillbirth, say authors. (Representational)Washington: The risk of stillbirth is about twice as high for women with Covid compared to those without, and grew to about…

Pregnant women are at increased risk of severe complications from COVID-19 and they only rose during the Delta variant wave, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed.Reports published by the agency on Friday found the…

Had Alex Barr’s daughter Marnie been born a day earlier, she would — in all likelihood — still be alive.Alex, 33, a nurse, was almost two weeks over her estimated due date when her husband Steve drove her to the maternity unit to be checked…