When choosing a type of emergency contraception, consider your weight, whether you can get a prescription, and the time since unprotected sex.

Plan B can cause side effects like irregular bleeding and is 95% effective if taken within 24 hours after unprotected sex.

Two years ago, Kim Wivell gave birth to a stillborn daughter named Sophia Ann. A few days later, Kim Wivell visited Health’s emergency room for a medical emergency related to the pregnancy where she ...

Melinda Johnson's life used to look very different. Two years ago, she was charged with chemical endangerment, among other drug-related offenses, for using methamphetamine while she was pregnant.

Pregnancy takes a toll on the body beyond the obvious. New research links childbirth to accelerated biological aging, measured by changes in telomere length. Elon Musk is telling his followers to ...

A 34-year-old’s lawsuit alleges pregnancy-based job discrimination. Her Christian-based addiction recovery program employer denies wrongdoing. Another employee was allegedly fired for failing to ...

"During pregnancy, a mother's immune system faces a tricky challenge: it has to protect both her and the fetus from infection, but without accidentally attacking the fetus, whose genetic identity is ...

THANKS, DALENCIA. IN THIS MORNING’S MEDICAL ALERT, CONFUSION OVER THE WHITE HOUSE GUIDANCE ISSUED LAST WEEK OVER PREGNANT WOMEN’S USE OF TYLENOL. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS WOMEN SHOULD NOT TAKE IT UNLESS ...

Florence Welch detailed her experience with pregnancy loss in a new interview, revealing she “nearly died” from severe complications while on tour. On Saturday, September 27, the Florence + the ...

Local health officials and doctors and pushing back against the Trump administration for the feds’ “harmful” unproven claims that tie Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism. As OB/GYNs tell their ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz has clarified what the federal guidance is on when it's safe for pregnant women to take the commonly used pain and ...