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Pregnant women with food insecurity are at greater risk of developing some adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as mental health problems and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), suggests a study.

Children born during the COVID-19 pandemic or to mothers with history of prenatal SARS-CoV-2 infection are not at increased risk of autism compared with their counterparts who were born before the pandemic or have no exposure to maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection, as reported in a cohort study.

Pregnant and lactating women in Singapore generally have low acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine due to safety concerns, reports a recent study.

Women with asthma have a higher likelihood of necessitating fertility treatment, according to a Danish nationwide historical cohort study presented at ERS 2024.

Paid maternity leave extension to 14 weeks in Hong Kong led to a 22 percent reduction in the rate of probable postnatal depression, researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have reported.