#Maternal Health

Articles (6)

• 🇺🇸 Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds — 25/03/2026 [USA]

  A 3-year study published in <em>Pediatrics</em> examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.

  Related: #Infant Protection, #COVID-19 Research
• 🇬🇧 Taskforce set up to improve maternity care in England — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A new taskforce has been set up to help improve the quality of NHS maternity and neonatal care in England, the government has announced. 

  Related: #Healthcare Reform
• 🇺🇸 Developing and evaluating a chatbot to support maternal health care — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2603.13168v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The ability to provide trustworthy maternal health information using phone-based chatbots can have a significant impact, particularly in low-resource s...

  Related: #Health Technology
• 🇺🇸 ‘The Cord’ Portrays a “Maternity Warrior” in a Timely Doc Steeped in Solidarity and Sisterhood — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Nolwenn Hervé discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, which follows a nurse fighting for safe birthing conditions in Venezuela's "broken" health care system.

  Related: #Solidarity
• 🇬🇧 'I thought my unborn baby had died in e-bike crash' — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Siobhan Barling's baby was born six weeks early and seriously ill after being hit by an e-bike.

  Related: #E-bike Safety
• 🇺🇸 Are Antidepressants Safe During Pregnancy? — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  Confusion about the safety of taking the drugs during pregnancy has led to mental health emergencies for some expectant mothers, experts say.

  Related: #Mental Health, #Pharmacology