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Barriers to Maternity Care Are Very Real in the U.S., a New HealthDay/Harris Poll Finds

FDA Panel Backs First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first vaccine designed to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) by vaccinating their mothers during pregnancy has been backed by a panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administr…

American Women Need More Maternity Leave, Access to Pregnancy Care: Poll

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Pregnancy is a difficult and potentially dangerous time in a woman’s life, and U.S. women say they aren’t getting the support they need while they’re expecting, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll has found.Nearly 2 …

FDA Panel to Vote on First RSV Vaccine Given in Pregnancy to Protect Infants

THURSDAY, May 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The first RSV vaccine designed to protect infants is under consideration by a panel of advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.An independent committee of experts will vote Thursday on whether to re…

Trans Identification Not Tied to Worse Pregnancy Outcomes

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (trans) identification at the time of delivery is not significantly associated with severe parental morbidity or preterm birth, according to a research letter publi…

Link Between Gestational Weight Gain, Autism Spectrum Disorder in Offspring Explored

WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For children with greater predisposition to autism-related behaviors and who have mothers with prepregnancy overweight or obesity, gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with autism spectrum disorder (A…

Unos médicos realizan la primera cirugía cerebral en el útero

VIERNES, 5 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Por primera vez, los médicos han realizado con éxito una cirugía cerebral en un feto para tratar una rara anomalía de los vasos sanguíneos, que puede resultar letal en los recién nacidos.Los expertos apun…

Las sobrevivientes a un cáncer de mama pueden pausar la terapia de forma segura en el embarazo: estudio

MIÉRCOLES, 3 de mayo de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un nuevo estudio ofrece cierta tranquilidad sobre el embarazo a las mujeres jóvenes que sobreviven a un cáncer de mama: pausar la terapia hormonal para tener a un bebé no aumenta el riesgo de recurrenci…

Doctors Perform First In Utero Brain Surgery

FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, doctors have successfully performed fetal brain surgery to treat a rare blood vessel abnormality that can be fatal to newborns.Experts said the accomplishment, for a condition known as a vein…

Report IDs Those Likely to Receive Meds for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy

THURSDAY, May 4, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Persons receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in pregnancy are more likely to be older and White and to have public insurance, according to research published in the May 5 issue of the U.S. Cent…