October 12, 2017 Police unexpectedly help deliver baby after responding to nearby assault call Detroit police were finishing up a call for a felonious assault when a woman in labor flagged them down from her porch nearby.
October 11, 2017 Tests showing low egg reserves not linked to infertility Lab tests showing that women have low reserves of eggs in their ovaries may not necessarily mean they will struggle to get pregnant, a U.S. study suggests.
October 11, 2017 Women's health docs say Trump ignores birth control science The Trump administration's new birth control rule is raising questions among some doctors and researchers, who say it overlooks known benefits of contraception while selectively citing data that raise doubts about effectiveness and safety.
October 9, 2017 Cholera claims unborn children as epidemic spreads Yemen misery One of the latest victims of the cholera epidemic that has killed more than 2,000 people in Yemen had yet to even take her first breath.
October 5, 2017 Zika vaccine shows promise in early human trial A DNA-based Zika vaccine from Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc and South Korea's GeneOne Life Science Inc induced anti-Zika immune responses in an early stage human trial, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
September 29, 2017 NBC anchor's water broke during live news segment Natalie Pasquarella of NBC 4 New York went into labor Wednesday while she was live on the air doing a segment on Twitter.
September 29, 2017 A single genetic glitch may explain how Zika became so dangerous A single genetic change that occurred in 2013 may explain how Zika acquired the ability to attack fetal nerve cells, causing a severe birth defect in babies whose mothers were infected while pregnant, Chinese and U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
September 27, 2017 STDs hit record high in US, 2M cases reported in 2016 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an alarming report on Tuesday indicating that 2016 had the highest number of sexually transmitted diseases ever recorded.
September 27, 2017 Woman gives birth after being struck by lightning "We are just all praying for a miracle," a churchgoer tells WBBH in Fort Myers, Fla., where a woman delivered a baby boy after being struck by lightning.
September 27, 2017 WHO warns of untreatable superbug gonorrhoea found in at least 3 patients At least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable "superbug" strains of gonorrhoea which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.