Perinatal depression is mood disorder that can occur during a woman’s pregnancy or up to a year after giving birth. (Photo: Getty Images) Pregnancy can stir up a host of emotions ranging from ...

Although they make up a small portion of the total births in the United States, deliveries that take place out of the hospital are on the rise. A recent study published in the New England Journal of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 26 to 35 weeks’ gestation, women with chronic hypertension had lower stillbirth and perinatal death risks ...

An independent evaluation of measures introduced by the NHS in 2019 to reduce stillbirths in England has shown that most women have a positive experience with antenatal care, birth and labor. Heat ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record numbers last year, possibly from lingering malnutrition or a counterintuitive sign that sea cow reproduction is slowly recovering, after years of fewer ...

Manatee deaths in 2025 are on track to be higher than in the previous two years, with 525 recorded as of late August. An increase in perinatal deaths is a major factor, though it also suggests more ...

A California reproductive health bill was amended to clarify its language around “perinatal deaths” before it passed last year, but online posts in June 2023 recirculating claims that it legalizes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with obesity had a higher risk for perinatal death, which was partly due to lower gestational age at ...

If you are a caregiver who is unfamiliar with or new to the world of perinatal bereavement, like many of us at first, you may feel bewildered by modern standards of care. A lot of what is considered ...

California lawmakers have sought to turn the Golden State into a refuge for abortion rights, as states like Texas, Florida and Mississippi pass laws that heavily restrict when a person can get an ...