Following battles with placenta previa and placenta percreta during pregnancy, Taylor Tots brings support to families, ...

Inside an invisible village — from caring strangers to bereaved mothers — that nourishes babies when they need it the most.

As the most populous state in the United States, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn that California is growing. Home to Los ...

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is the largest global source of mercury ... Mercury can cross the placenta, putting fetuses at risk of developmental delays and birth defects.

She was suing Eli Lilly, one of the drug’s largest manufacturers ... cancers in mice and rats and that it could cross the placenta and harm the fetus. Yet companies marketed it as a safe ...

Then, in late April, the administration cut funding to the largest women’s health study ... from the size of a fist to this big thing, and a placenta grows.) So, when somebody has a blocked ...