The World Health Organization has appointed Dr Vanessa Kerry as the WHO Director-General’s Special Envoy for Health Resilience. Building on her previous role as WHO’s first Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, Dr Kerry will help advance a broader agenda focused on building resilient, integrated and sustainably-financed health systems capable of responding to…
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Maternal and fetal health researchers team up with engineers to improve pregnancy outcomes
About 20 babies have been born in an alternative hospital after the temporary closure of a district maternity unit, health bosses say
From time to time, a few of the researchers in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) study find themselves working late into the evening on The University of New Mexico’s North Campus, keeping watch as an infant peacefully slumbers amid the clatter and clang of an MRI scan
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Hyderabad: Pregnancy can bring many changes to a woman’s life, but for some actresses, it has not stopped them from continuing their work. From Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Deepika Padukone to Alia Bhatt and Jaya Bachchan, several leading ladies have continued shooting, attending events and fulfilling professional commitments while expecting their children
The national campaign ‘Every Moment Matters’ is shifting its focus from pregnant women to the people around them, with a new phase, ‘We All Have a Part to Play’, celebrating the outsized impact of small acts of support
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa —The Linn County Worksite Wellness Committee is inviting local employers to a free summer roundtable focused on employee wellness and workplace support
Questions like “will getting a pet benefit our child’s mental health?” are increasingly common and pertinent. In Spain, for instance, more than half of all households now have one or more pets
Patients are showing up ‘later and sicker’ for abortion care as more US states adopt bans and significant restrictions