Before your body begins active labour, your cervix goes through a quiet but powerful transformation, softening, thinning, and opening to make way for birth. This natural process, known as cervical ...

An HPV vaccine delivered into the nose can treat cervical tumors in mice. The vaccine targets a cancer protein produced by the virus.

During the final weeks of pregnancy, your baby’s head gradually moves deeper into your pelvis, preparing for birth. Foetal ...

Premature births impose a significant financial burden on healthcare systems and are a predominant cause of perinatal ...

It was around that time, in 2021, that Kara Egan, a Massachusetts native and then-health tech investor, started raising funds ...

The toll from cervical cancer is highest in lower-income countries, which often lack screening programs that can result in ...

Sophia Harris first got on birth control pills at age 10 to manage “out of control” hormone fluctuations. Harris, 27, stayed ...

Delivering a baby is hard work. Aptly named labor, the process before childbirth can be physically and emotionally taxing — and even painful. While no two patients experience labor and delivery ...

Kentuckians told the Lantern they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose ...

HPV vaccines aim to prevent the types of HPV infections that sometimes cause cancers and anogenital warts. The HPV vaccines do not work as well in people that have already been exposed to HPV, so most ...

On 7 April, Namibia observed World Health Day as usual. It coincided with the World Health Organisation launching a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health: 'Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful ...