In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...

“This is a really interesting paper because it takes a completely different and new view of the pathogenesis of preterm labor,” says immunologist and developmental biologist Adrian Erlebacher of the ...

Preterm birth, occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy, affects a significant number of infants globally. Various factors, ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., OCTOBER 2, 2006 – Premature birth was the underlying cause of nearly twice as many infant deaths than previously estimated, according to a new analysis by researchers at the U.S.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of preterm birth associated with cesarean section and induced ...

A baby is preterm if born before 37 weeks of gestational age. Preterm births can be caused by health conditions in the birthing parent and can lead to developmental complications in babies. Asian and ...

The first two months of COVID-19 lockdown saw about 4% fewer preterm births across 18 upper- and middle-income countries than expected, according to a meta-analysis in Nature Human Behavior. In ...

An irritable uterus, or uterine irritability, produces frequent and sometimes uncomfortable contractions for pregnant individuals. Although people often confuse uterine irritability with “false labor, ...