Stillbirth is a devastating potential outcome of pregnancy and, unfortunately, progress at reducing them has stalled. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National ...
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It turns out while no part of a pregnancy is 100% safe, expectant parents can lower the risk of stillbirth. We tell adults that chest pain may be a sign of a heart attack. A droopy face may be the ...
When a baby dies in utero at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, it's called a stillbirth. (When pregnancy loss happens before 20 weeks, it's called a miscarriage.) Approximately 1 in 160 pregnancies end ...
Stillbirths have been trending down for decades in the United States. But the rate ticked up in the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, and new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and ...