Plan to include pregnant women in drug trials ‘a generational change’ - IN DEPTH: The World Health Organisation will this year start to work with scientists and drug developers to gather more ...

A major international study published in The Lancet confirms that paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase a baby's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

You’ve heard of the rise of “Ozempic babies” — where women who’ve previously struggled with infertility get knocked up on GLP-1s — but new research shows that going off those drugs may have a negative ...

Just months after US President Donald Trump warned women about taking paracetamol during pregnancy, a new study finds there ...

If you’ve been pregnant in the past few months, you may have faced a dilemma. You wake up with a fever, a pounding headache or back pain – and then pause. Is it safe to take paracetamol? That ...

A new maternity shelter for homeless expecting mothers is opening in Topeka, Kansas. Mothers will receive support services ...

Respiratory specialists Dr Anna Haley and Dr Nita Sehgal discuss the key principles in management of asthma during pregnancy ...

Senate health chair tries to redirect GOP ire at Trump's FDA, over slow safety review of abortion pill mifepristone, back at Obama, Biden regulatory changes. Pro-life research group finds ...

A bill about assigning inmates by biological sex in prisons and a bill addressing abortion pills passed out of separate ...