16 January 2025

Concerns over maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons

Gaps in maternal health in prisons are due to barriers to healthcare provision, say experts Senior midwives and researchers with...

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30 April 2024

Potentially fatal anaemia cases are on the rise

Research shows cases of anaemia – a potentially fatal condition – are on the rise, and most likely to hit...

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16 June 2022

Pregnant women produce super antibodies to protect newborns

Discovery from experts at Cincinnati Children’s opens doors to a new wave of improved treatments for deadly infections Scientists discovered...

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1 February 2022

Almost all pregnant women admitted to intensive care with Covid-19 are unvaccinated, new study shows

Researchers urge all governments to prioritise pregnant women as an at-risk group for Covid-19 vaccination A new analysis led by...

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23 August 2021

Survey finds pregnant women do well with COVID vaccine

A survey of more than 17,000 pregnant and lactating individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccine showed that the individuals did...

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16 June 2021

App helps pregnant women to a healthy lifestyle

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed an app to help women achieve a healthy weight gain and lifestyle...

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31 March 2021

Protecting or harming? The exclusion of pregnant women from the Covid-19 vaccine trials

Dr Sophie Williams, Academic Lead in Psychology at the University of Derby, examines the decision to exclude women from trials...

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29 March 2021

Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the...

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