A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

HB 1071 would require fetal‑development videos in health class and lets parents opt out. The House takes it up this week.

A study at Tulane found that rising nighttime temperatures during pregnancy may be associated with autism spectrum disorder ...

Missouri's latest anti-abortion legislation is being debated ahead of another statewide vote on abortion set for the November ballot.

How does a tiny group of cells know how to grow into a perfectly organised human body? The answer lies in genetics. During week 3 of pregnancy, your baby’s DNA begins actively directing cell division, ...

A first-in-human trial shows the feasibility and safety of delivering placenta-derived stem cells during prenatal ...

On August 7, 1963, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis delivered her youngest child via an emergency caesarean section at ...

A Cuyahoga County mother is calling on the public library to relocate a children’s book she says contains graphic sexual imagery.

Repair of open neural tube defects, including myelomeningocele, in the fetus has been shown to improve postnatal outcomes by decreasing the severity of hydrocephalus and, consequentially, reducing the ...

Meghan Markle celebrated International Women's Day by going to the beach with daughter Lilibet, 4, which she commemorated with a photo taken by Prince Harry.