Reproduction

Infants born to people who had COVID while pregnant are at a higher risk of respiratory distress, but vaccination greatly lowers the risk

During the COVID pandemic, the U.S. initially saw a drop in births followed by a bump

Historically, only women’s drinking was considered a risk during pregnancy, but new research points to the role of fathers’ habits as well

Postreproductive life was once thought to be confined to humans and a couple of toothed whales, but some wild chimpanzees experience it, too

U.S. regulators will consider clinical trials of a system that mimics the womb, which could reduce deaths and disability for babies born extremely preterm

What is behind the Black maternal mortality crisis, and what needs to change? In this podcast from Nature and Scientific American, leading academics unpack the racism at the heart of the system.

Here’s how to make newly approved over-the-counter birth control pills affordable and easy to get

The Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is impacting health care well beyond abortion in states that have banned the practice

To better understand early pregnancy loss without using actual human embryos, scientists employed stem cells to create models that mimic this stage of development

Some studies have found marked drops in sperm count, whereas others have not, and it’s surprisingly hard to measure

Many physicians say they are reluctant to practice in states with abortion bans, harming access to regular exams and screenings

At 25 days old, these specimens could be the oldest primate embryos ever grown outside the womb