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Women with epilepsy are at considerably higher risk of severe maternal and perinatal outcomes and increased risk of death during pregnancy and postpartum, and the use of antiseizure medications (ASM) further increases these risks, the largest study to date has found.

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.