Researchers found 12 different types of plastic in placentae—with significantly higher levels in those from preterm births.

In a multicenter randomized controlled trial, researchers enrolled 5,018 pregnant people at low risk for preterm birth from ...

Compared with usual care, a mid-trimester blood test designed to predict preterm birth for average-risk women markedly reduced neonatal morbidity when paired with a three-step treatment bundle, ...

Maternal vitamin D status in early pregnancy is crucial for fetal growth and may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according ...

Researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give ...

Preterm labour means labour that happens before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Babies born this early can have lifelong health ...

An RNA platform successfully predicted fetal growth restriction within the second trimester of pregnancy, independent of ...

A new study by US researchers has uncovered that babies born prematurely have higher levels of microplastics in their ...

Exposure to air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy could increase risk of a delay in delivery.

AURORA, Colo. -- Among those at low-risk for preterm birth, a blood-based biomarker screening test during the second ...