Preventive Health News

Receiving a COVID-19 vaccine while pregnant did not increase the risk for peripartum outcomes and may lower the infant’s risk for NICU admission and intrauterine fetal death, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Pregnant people who received messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines were protected against COVID-19-related ED and urgent care visits and hospitalization when the delta and omicron variants were predominant, according to a case-control study.

About four in five pregnancy-related deaths that occurred in the United States from 2017 to 2019 were preventable, according to the CDC.

The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative — or WPSI — issued new guidelines for preventing weight gain in women aged 40 to 60 years.

HRA Pharma has submitted an application for what would become the first-ever over-the-counter birth control pill in the United States if approved by the FDA.

A recent study found the risk for miscarriage was higher during summer months, leading researchers to suggest a connection between pregnancy loss and extreme heat.

Oral contraceptive use and hormone therapy were associated with an increased risk for stroke, according to study findings published in Stroke.

Obesity is a chronic, complex disease that can lead to a spectrum of additional serious health concerns.

Maternal mortality rates increased 33% after March 2020 compared with before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

Long-term adherence to a healthy plant-based diet was associated with a 14% lower risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to findings presented at the virtual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition.