Maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with higher blood pressure and increased risk of hypertension in children, according to a new ECHO Cohort study led by Lyndsey Shorey-Kendrick, Ph.D ...

Kennedy Klehr’s routine pregnancy ultrasound revealed her daughter Huxley had a rare genetic condition, cartilage-hair ...

Despite decades of experience, advanced health systems, and deep medical knowledge, the WHO European region is still at risk from the global epidemic of tuberculosis. There are at least three pressing ...

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the burden of current therapy.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have led the largest study to date demonstrating the significant benefits of lifestyle interventions in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes.

Rates of opioid use during pregnancy in the United States have more than doubled over the past decade. Using hospital data from California covering more than 5.5 million pregnancies, researchers found ...

A woman was shocked after her husband decided to visit his family across the country while she was in her third trimester Nicki Cox joined the PEOPLE team in 2025 as a Staff Editor, Society and ...

Parents in Pitt County were notified this week that a middle school student tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). “Though there is no immediate public health risk from this exposure, we are ...

I vividly remember the day I found out I was pregnant with my daughter. I was beaming from ear to ear, excited to finally become a mom. I expected the weight gain, stretch marks, swollen ankles and ...

After an active case of tuberculosis was detected in the Sacramento area, you may be wondering about your risks of contracting the highly contagious disease. An individual with contagious tuberculosis ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes the potentially fatal respiratory infection of the same name, was found to use a system known as PrrAB to ...