Reproductive Health

New research from the University of Cambridge shows how chronic stress linked to racism and inequality may trigger physiological changes in the body and increase risk during pregnancy.

Support for menopause at work isn’t just a nice thing to do. It’s an economic imperative.

A new wave of menopause-related research is revealing just how much menopause can affect women's working lives. And it's not all bad.

In its efforts to combat infertility, France is missing the point. That's because a decision to have a child isn't just a medical issue, it's a social one, too.

New research suggests the way embryos are scored might be favoring boys.

The swirl of misinformation around Tylenol and pregnancy points to a bigger problem: An overall reluctance to include pregnant women in medical research.

'These things should not be really questioned,' the World Health Organization said. Other agencies and foundations weighed in.

Birth control gave women control over their bodies, their careers and their futures. A cultural campaign against the pill risks rolling all this back.

Little has changed in the way we bring humans into the world since the popularization of the cesarean section in the 1960s. It’s 2025. What is going on?

When it comes to medical diagnoses and health markers, period blood is something of a superpower. We should leverage it.

When Lily Collins announced her child had been born via surrogate, the judgments and criticisms were swift and brutal. Many were just plain wrong.

Maternal mortality is shockingly high in the U.S. What exactly is being done about it?

Women share their stories of birth trauma in a new U.K. report. When did shockingly bad maternity care become the norm?