pregnant women
Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test
World
May 22, 2019
Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test
Shady middle-men are openly advertising on Chinese social media to smuggle blood samples of pregnant women to Hong Kong to…
Promising Zika vaccine moves to next stage
Health & Fitness
April 7, 2017
Promising Zika vaccine moves to next stage
We are one step closer to a vaccine against the Zika virus.
Zika sex research begins despite US Congress funding impasse
Health & Fitness
June 30, 2016
Zika sex research begins despite US Congress funding impasse
It could take years to learn how long men infected with Zika are capable of sexually transmitting the virus, which…
Adults to be screened for depression, especially pregnant women
Health & Fitness
June 20, 2016
Adults to be screened for depression, especially pregnant women
An influential US panel yesterday called for all adults to be screened for depression, including women during and after pregnancy,…
New range of serious fetal abnormalities linked to Zika: study
Health & Fitness
March 5, 2016
New range of serious fetal abnormalities linked to Zika: study
Fetuses in 29 percent of pregnant women with Zika virus infection were found to have a range of severe abnormalities,…
New study outlines benefits of eating fish during pregnancy
Health & Fitness
February 26, 2016
New study outlines benefits of eating fish during pregnancy
A new study suggests that pregnant women should continue to eat fish during pregnancy, with negative health effects of low-level…
More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus: government
Health & Fitness
February 14, 2016
More than 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus: government
More than 5,000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country's national health institute said on…
Doctors puzzle over severity of defects in some Brazilian babies
Health & Fitness
February 8, 2016
Doctors puzzle over severity of defects in some Brazilian babies
Experts on microcephaly, the birth defect that has sparked alarm in the current Zika virus outbreak, say they are struck…
More than 3,100 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus: government
Health & Fitness
February 7, 2016
More than 3,100 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus: government
More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday,…
Pregnant women face virus threat ahead of Brazil Olympic games
Health & Fitness
January 25, 2016
Pregnant women face virus threat ahead of Brazil Olympic games
Unusually wet weather, poor sanitation and a public health service weakened by economic crisis are contributing to an outbreak in…