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Wildfires often spew plumes of toxic smoke throughout the western United States, eroding decades of improvements in air quality. But the impact of this wildfire smoke on human health is just beginning to be analyzed. A new paper by…

1. IntroductionDespite recent national and local efforts to expand access to healthy food in the U.S., several geographic areas continue to have limited access . Areas with limited access to retailers that offer affordable nutritious…

1. IntroductionIt is now well-confirmed that nutritional status including body weight status, before and during gestation, determines pregnancy outcomes, development of the fetus, and growth of the newborn . Maternal nutritional status,…

4.1. Principal FindingsThe rate of early preterm delivery and stillbirth was higher after infection before the third trimester and during the Alpha and Delta periods of SARS-CoV-2 infections. The rate of stillbirth and early PTB were…

1. IntroductionAfter birth, the colonization of the gut microbiota is influenced by organ maturity and external factors such as delivery method, antibiotic treatments, and choice of feeding method . The time from birth to the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is one of the most common developmental disorders…

ANN ARBOR—Scientists seeking answers to what is behind high rates of preterm birth in Puerto Rico have found an association between exposure to chemicals commonly found in many consumer products and a shorter duration of pregnancy and…

A study from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health has found that pregnant women exposed to high levels of ultrafine particles from jet airplane exhaust are 14% more likely to have a preterm birth than those exposed to lower levels.…

New research by the National Institutes of Health found that unbalanced progesterone signals may cause some pregnant women to experience preterm labor or prolonged labor. The study in mice — published online in the Proceedings of…

Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new research by the National Institutes of Health. Phthalates are chemicals used in personal care…

Zlotkin et al., 1981 Twenty-eight infants were studied for a total of 36 episodes of 6-day PN feeding periods. Seventeen of the infants were premature (gestational age 31 W (range 25 to 36)) and 11 were full term. Patients’…

Image credit: Getty Images During the first two years of the pandemic, a COVID-19 infection during pregnancy increased the risk of preterm birth and NICU hospitalizations. However, by 2022, when COVID-19 vaccines were…