premature births

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…

By KAT STAFFORD - Associated Press The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black…

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

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

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two hospitals that refused to provide an emergency abortion to a pregnant woman who was…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered the immediate market withdrawal of a drug…

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…

By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of an unproven drug intended to prevent premature births says it will voluntarily…

By JONEL ALECCIA - AP Health Writer Federal health officials are warning parents of newborns to sterilize equipment used for both bottle- and…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said in a private conversation that…