Malaria is a word that worries many, but for pregnant women, it brings special dangers. Imagine expecting a baby and falling sick with high fever, chills, and weakness. For mothers-to-be ...

Officials said that already the health department has identified 62,000 pregnant women who already have one or more than one female child. Nearly 500 villages in Haryana where the sex ratio at ...

The Lagos State Government has officially barred pregnant women from participating in this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, citing health and safety concerns. The announcement was made on Wednesday in ...

The Dominican Republic deported dozens of pregnant women, mothers who had just given birth, and children, back to crisis-ridden Haiti as it cracks down on illegal immigration. In a statement ...

The number of non-local pregnant women refused entry at Hong Kong’s borders for failing to have a local hospital booking has surged by five times since 2020, official figures show. According to ...

Scientists have found that pregnant women low in iron are more likely to have a baby with a deadly heart defect. The “game changer” discovery has sparked urgent trials to see if taking iron ...

Anecdotes from pregnant people paint a grim picture of the state of maternal health care in the carceral system. Women have been reported living in degrading conditions and giving birth shackled ...

As a result of the findings, researchers now estimate that anaemia in pregnant women may account for around one in 20 congenital heart disease cases in the UK. The condition is the most common ...