Teen pregnancy remains one of the most pressing challenges facing young women around the world. While the issue affects communities everywhere, certain regions bear a disproportionate burden.

The Commission on Population and Development (CPD) on Tuesday underscored the critical role of education in addressing the rising cases of teenage and unplanned pregnancies, particularly among girls ...

Madison Patrick is a sociology and public health major and a 2024-25 Hackworth Fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Despite the invaluable contribution of medical ...

The female pelvis may become too narrow for vaginal childbirth, meaning that caesareans could become the only option for delivering babies. At least, that’s the claim made by a research team last year ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure and stretch sensors in uterine muscles and surrounding nerves work together ...

Lexie Lawler was terminated after widespread backlash to her video, in which she wished a "fourth-degree tear" upon Leavitt Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Lexie Lawler was fired from a Florida hospital ...

Amanda Seyfried started the year with two of her movies in theaters at the same time, The Housemaid and The Testament of Ann Lee. The first one is a crowd-pleasing thriller that’s been hitting box ...

Moms, get pumped for this news. Childbirth brings a plethora of exhausting new responsibilities — but some can affect your health in a good way. New research finds that one task in particular may ...

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When Janell Green Smith first announced her pregnancy this past summer, her family was ecstatic. After participating in more than 300 births as a certified nurse-midwife and doctor of nursing practice ...