Learn how pregnancy affects oral health (and vice versa), and whether it's still safe to go to the dentist.

Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth. NBC News’ Zinhle Essamuah reports on the incidents, which happened days apart in Texas ...

Talk about a prenatal power move. About 1 in 36 US children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a complex group of developmental conditions characterized by repetitive behaviors and ...

CHILD CAN BE ONE OF THE HAPPIEST MOMENTS OF A PERSON’S LIFE. BUT FOR ONE OMAHA WOMAN, BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN TELL HER FAMILY, SHE WAS DEALT A CRUSHING BLOW. NOW SHE’S IN A FIGHT TO SAVE BOTH HER LIFE ...

Across the U.S., pregnant women suffer from miscarriages, stillbirths — sometimes even death — in local jails. In this investigation by Bloomberg Law and NBC News, correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian ...

Jaclyn Hayes Lin was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer when she was 32 weeks pregnant, but a new drug is keeping her alive Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 ...

Are X-Rays Safe During Pregnancy? Health experts say that X-rays are probably safe during pregnancy. Most diagnostic X-rays emit much less than 5 rads (the highest amount that experts say is OK during ...