The rate of babies born premature in the United States has declined for the first time in six years, but experts warn it is not a cause for celebration.
While the United States was already in the midst of a maternal health crisis before the pandemic, for women of color, especially Black women, things went from bad to worse.
For full-term, low-risk patients, induction of labor with a Foley balloon alone or with prostaglandins is associated with a significantly lower risk of adverse neonatal outcomes than with PGE alone