Brain development in the womb is affected by the mother’s level of exposure to air pollution, researchers have found, ...

Beginning this fall, Iowa schools must show middle and high school students a video of fetal development that "depicts the humanity of the unborn child," under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds signed June 6.

Kansas schools are now required to show fetal development videos when human growth or sexuality is discussed. The law lacks specifics on implementation, leaving local districts with an unclear ...

Reference: Gómez-Herrera L, Zhao Y, Rivas I, et al. Air pollution and fetal brain morphological development: a prospective cohort study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2025;9 (6):e480-e490. doi: 10.1016 ...

Diabetes during pregnancy—whether pre-existing or gestational—may lead to increased fat accumulation around the fetal heart, according to a new meta-analysis published in Biomolecules and ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a slew of bills into law Friday, including implementing work requirements for Iowa Medicaid recipients.

NIPT tests work by scouring the mother’s blood for DNA fragments and mapping them to their chromosome of origin. Around 10% ...

Fetal Programming: The process by which maternal environmental factors, particularly nutrition, alter the gene expression and developmental trajectory of the fetus, with enduring effects on ...

Exposure to mycotoxins – a broad group of harmful substances produced by mold – during pregnancy may impact placental ...

Exposure to high levels of the body's primary stress hormone—cortisol—in preterm fetuses can disrupt normal heart development ...

Beginning this fall, Iowa schools must show middle and high school students a video of fetal development that "depicts the humanity of the unborn child," under a law Gov. Kim Reynolds signed June ...