'I've never seen such hate': YouTuber Jesse Ridgway responds to intense backlash after sharing 'very difficult decision' to terminate wife's pregnancyYouTuber Jesse Ridgway faced severe online backlash after he and his wife Ashley Ridgway terminated a pregnancy. The couple learned their u...
05 Jun, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
Women are the first caregivers in this Ebola outbreak and the most at riskEastern Congo faces a rapid Ebola outbreak. Women are primary caregivers, increasing their infection risk. Many lack protective gear, forci...
04 Jun, 2026, 11.39 AM IST
'I gave birth in the street': Conflict makes childbirth risky in parts of AfricaMothers in the Central African Republic face dire circumstances. Moreover, aid cuts have closed vital health services, forcing women to giv...
02 Jun, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
US Stock Market IPO: BillionToOne files initial public offeringBillionToOne develops molecular diagnostic tests — including a non-invasive prenatal screen and liquid biopsy — for diseases.
08 Oct, 2025, 04.07 AM IST
Delhi records fourth consecutive drop in sex ratio at birth, experts warn of illegal prenatal testsDelhi's sex ratio at birth has declined for the fourth consecutive year to 920 females per 1,000 males in 2024, raising concerns about ille...
16 Sep, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
Mississippi declares public health emergency as infant death rate reaches highest level in over a decadeMississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, the worst in the nation at 9.7 deaths per 1,000 ...
27 Aug, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
'Demanding sex detection': IMA President advocates for legalising prenatal gender testsDr. RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association, advocates for legalizing prenatal gender determination tests, arguing that the ...
21 Oct, 2024, 11.41 AM IST
Study links high maternal stress during pregnancy to early puberty signs in first-born daughtersNew research from the University of California - Los Angeles suggests that high levels of stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy ma...
21 Feb, 2024, 04.27 PM IST
Kajal Aggarwal practises aerobic conditioning during pregnancy, says it helps her feel stronger & leanerThe actress is all set to welcome her first child with husband Gautam Kitchlu.
01 Mar, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
Prenatal test developed with Chinese military stores gene dataThe report is the first to reveal that the company collaborated with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to develop and improve the test, ta...
07 Jul, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
Selective abortion in India may lead to 6.8 million fewer girls being born by 2030: StudyResearchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, and Universite de Paris, France, noted that ther...
31 Aug, 2020, 02.47 PM IST
No SC stay on order relaxing reporting of prenatal tests. The relaxation was valid only up to June 30 and labs capable of carrying out pre-natal diagnostic tests would get more time to renew lice...
16 Jun, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Google honours haematologist Lucy Wills with a doodle on 131st birth anniversaryWills changed the face of preventive prenatal care for women everywhere.
10 May, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
Yoga could lessen prenatal depression: StudyA few small studies have also suggested that yoga and mindfulness-based approaches could help prevent or treat depression during pregnancy.
12 Mar, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Expectant dads experience hormone changesImpending fatherhood can lower two hormones - testosterone and estradiol - in men, a new study has found.
20 Dec, 2014, 01.38 PM IST
Reaper cheers“As a rule (however), man views the prenatal abyss with more calm than the one he is heading for (at some forty-fivehundred heartbeats an h...
18 Jun, 2014, 06.20 AM IST
- World Retail Congress: Retail recoveries the theme
Retail recoveries were the theme of a mid-day session at the World Retail Congress at the InterContinental Hotel in Berlin.
28 Oct, 2010, 05.46 AM IST