Rihanna’s Team Confirms She Is Pregnant With Second Child After Stellar Halftime Show Performance

Topline Rihanna’s representative confirmed to multiple outlets on Sunday evening that she is pregnant with her second child after the singer’s performance during the Super Bowl halftime show was showe...

Right-Wing Culture Warriors Infuriated By ‘Pregnant Joker’ Comic Book

American actor Jack Nicholson plays the Joker in the movie Batman, directed by Tim Burton. (Photo by … [+] Murray Close/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images) Sygma via Getty Images The Joker has done a ...

Covid mRNA Vaccines Safe For Pregnant People, New Study Reinforces

Topline In a finding that provides more reassurance of the safety of Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines for pregnant people, a Canadian study found pregnant women—who are at higher risk for more severe c...

It Costs Nearly $20,000 To Have A Baby In The U.S., Study Finds

Topline Having a baby in the U.S. costs around $20,000, according to research published Wednesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, an expense that leaves many families struggling and disproportionatel...

A Single Mutation Could Make Zika Virus More Infectious And Able To Break Through Immunity, Researchers Warn

Topline A small mutation can potentially make the Zika virus more infectious and better able to avoid pre-existing immunity, according to peer reviewed research published Tuesday in Cell Reports, unde...

Britney Spears Says She’s Pregnant With Her Third Child

Topline Months after Britney Spears was liberated from a conservatorship that she claimed prevented her from having more children, the singer announced Monday that she is pregnant with her third child...

Covid-19 Raises Risk Of Pregnancy Complications—Including Death Around Birth, Preterm Delivery And Postpartum Hemorrhage—Study Finds

Topline Pregnant people infected with Covid appear to be more likely to experience serious complications or die during pregnancy than those who aren’t infected with the coronavirus, according to new p...

Breast Milk Contains Covid Genetic Material But Infected Mothers Won’t Transmit Virus Through Breastfeeding, Study Finds

Topline Breastfeeding women infected with Covid-19 cannot transmit the virus through breast milk, according to a peer reviewed study published in Pediatric Research Tuesday, validating a small number ...