When a pediatrician put Maya Prokupets on the birth control pill at age 15 to prevent pregnancy, she doesn’t remember being given any information on possible side effects.
Queens resident Primkumarie Bahadur was pregnant and feeling very ill. She tested positive for COVID-19 which soon developed into severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
Erin Bascom's job shifted to work-from-home in mid-March 2020, around the same time that she and her husband decided to keep their daughter home from daycare.
The COVID-19 vaccine is a game-changer in the fight against the pandemic, but many who remain hesitant to get their jabs cite the vaccine’s alleged impacts on fertility.
Couples who undergo fertility treatments know all too well how many tests and steps they need to go through to understand the cause of their infertility.
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.