premature births

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials said 31 premature babies in “extremely critical condition” were transferred safely Sunday from…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and JACK JEFFERY - Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the…

A package of the daily contraceptive Opill is seen in an undated illustration.Perrigo | via ReutersThe first birth control pill sold without a prescription in the U.S. could remain out of reach for some women and girls because health…

By KAT STAFFORD - Associated Press The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans.From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers on…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -– and federal health advisers…

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was experiencing premature labor put her life in jeopardy and…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the immediate market withdrawal of a drug intended to prevent premature births, which has…

By The Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was caring for a toddler that died with fentanyl and another drug in her system is facing criminal charges, and authorities say the woman…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily remove the product from the U.S., after regulators…