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Every year, millions of babies are born prematurely. In 2020, an estimated 13.4 million babies were born early, with nearly one million dying from preterm complications. This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies born worldwide, UN agencies and partners said in a new report on Thursday. The highest rates of preterm birth occur in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia, where over 13% of babies are born preterm. The rates in the worst affected […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States could be avoided, a new report by the nation’s top public health agency says, as mothers in the country face a comparatively high mortality rate, especially among Black women. The study analyzed the cases of around 1,000 women who died between 2017 and 2019 due to pregnancy or related complications, up to a year after childbirth, the Centers for Disease […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Babies born to mothers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus during pregnancy were around 60 percent less likely to be hospitalized with severe Covid, a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Such an effect had been hypothesized — because of the transfer of antibodies through the placenta during pregnancy and through breast milk after birth — but wasn’t backed by real world evidence until […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — A woman in New York has met for the first time the baby she gave birth to in early April while she was on a ventilator in an artificial coma because she had a serious form of COVID-19. Yanira Soriano, 36, was intubated for 11 days in an intensive care unit before recovering “miraculously” to welcome her fourth child, her doctor told AFP. “We really […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chinese scientists reported Thursday it is possible, although rare, for pregnant mothers with the COVID-19 illness to pass the infection down to their babies. The team followed 33 pregnant women from Wuhan, the city where the disease behind a deadly pandemic was first identified — and found that three babies were infected with the new coronavirus at birth (a rate of nine percent, albeit in a very small sample). They […]
(Eagle News) — The “Buntis” simulation challenge. This was what these Filipino men tried recently so they could experience what a typical pregnant woman – on her full term — feels. They tried on a 15-kilogram pregnancy belly simulators to know first-hand the challenges faced by pregnant women on her full-term. The men tried on a 15-kilo “pregnancy” suit and did such ordinary tasks such as walking, doing the marketing, climbing and going down […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Unborn children suffer no harm when their mothers take flu medication during pregnancy, a study of some 700,000 women said Wednesday. It was the largest study ever to assess the potential risks of taking oseltamivir or zanamivir (better known as Tamiflu and Relenza) — the two main drugs to combat serious flu infections — during pregnancy, its authors said. The team compared almost 6,000 pregnant women in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Doctors have long warned women that getting pregnant later in life can raise the risk of stroke, but a study Monday suggested that actually, only young women face this increasing risk. The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology compared stroke rates among pregnant and non-pregnant women of different age groups. Previous studies have focused on the rate of stroke among pregnant women of different ages […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 26) – When you’re beginning to get curious why your mom says she wants chocolates, ice cream, pickles and crispy bacon all in one serving and asks if you can bring it to her immediately, then there’s just one reason for that. Your mommy’s pregnant! And she’s having pregnancy cravings – those seemingly unquenchable longings for oftentimes eclectic combinations of foods that you might never otherwise even dream of eating! And because she’s […]
10 APRIL 2015 | GENEVA (WHO) – Caesarean section is one of the most common surgeries in the world, with rates continuing to rise, particularly in high- and middle-income countries. Although it can save lives, caesarean section is often performed without medical need, putting women and their babies at-risk of short- and long-term health problems. A new statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) underscores the importance of focusing on the needs of the […]
