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April 6, 2017

New male contraceptive is injected into testicles — and can be reversed

It's been a long time coming, but the first new male contraceptive for more than a century is likely to make most men wince.

April 4, 2017

Zika birth defects found in 1 in 10 infected US pregnant women

About one in 10 pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections had a fetus or baby with birth defects, offering the clearest picture yet of the risk of Zika infection during pregnancy, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

April 4, 2017

Act II: Florida babies born hours apart named Romeo and Juliette

Two weeks after South Carolina newborns Romeo and Juliet took the internet by storm, another Shakespearean-inspired pair made their debut at a hospital in Florida.

April 4, 2017

Vaccinating pregnant moms protects newborns from whooping cough

Infants are much less likely to get whooping cough if their mothers are vaccinated against the potentially fatal respiratory infection during pregnancy, a large U.S. study finds.

April 3, 2017

Man fires back at critic who shamed wife for bedsharing with their kids

Anyone who’s raised kids has more than likely faced criticism for his or her parenting choices.

April 2, 2017

Texas mother gives birth in hospital parking garage

A Fort Worth mother and her new baby are doing well after she gave birth in a hospital parking garage, Friday morning.

March 31, 2017

US Zika vaccine begins second phase of testing

Researchers have begun the second phase of testing of a Zika vaccine developed by U.S. government scientists in a trial that could yield preliminary results as early as the end of 2017.

March 30, 2017

HPV vaccination during pregnancy show no ill effects

New evidence from a Danish nationwide study suggests that Sanofi Pasteur's quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), marketed as Gardasil, is not dangerous in the unusual case when it is inadvertently given during early pregnancy.

March 30, 2017

Singapore confirms two new cases of Zika virus

Singapore has confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of the Zika virus in a northeastern part of the city state, the National Environment Agency said on Wednesday, describing it as the first Zika cluster of 2017.

March 29, 2017

Couple celebrates arrival of twins after friend offers to be surrogate

Four parents in New York are celebrating the February arrival of twins after one friend offered to be a surrogate for a newlywed who was told getting pregnant could prove fatal.