WASHINGTON, D.C. (WPVI) -- A local congressman says the FDA grossly underestimated the harm caused by a contraceptive device. And he alleges the maker paid doctors kickbacks to recommend the device to ...

On August 7, 1963, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis delivered her youngest child via an emergency caesarean section at ...

Thanks to advances in imaging and diagnostic technologies, clinicians can now detect many genetic disorders in the womb, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - The House approved a controversial bill Thursday allowing wrongful death lawsuits over fetal deaths. The bill expands the state’s wrongful death ...

At least 1 in 4 stillbirths in the U.S. are preventable, research shows. O2O Creative/iStock via Getty Images Plus About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. The best way to find out ...

Arkansas' fetal mortality rate in 2024 narrowly improved from the previous year, although the state still ranked among the 10 worst in the nation, a report released Wednesday from the federal Centers ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A new law being considered in New York state would require hospitals and doctors to inform women who miscarry at any gestational age of their right to a fetal burial permit. As the ...

Critics fear legislation to allow wrongful death lawsuits in the negligent demise of fetuses would open medical providers to lawsuits by vindictive romantic partners. (Photo by Getty Images) A House ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The best way to find out why a stillbirth occurred is a fetal autopsy – yet these ...