The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

The debate over what Florida students learn about fetal development is back on the docket for another round of potentially ...

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

Disrupting maternal gut-immune axis perturbed immune networks in developing mouse brains, revealing potential mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.

Iowa schools will be required to show a fetal development video to students in grades five through 12 as part of human growth ...

Wisconsin Republican state Rep. Joel Kitchens tried to establish his human fetal development bona fides by noting that he has performed ultrasounds on animals. Speaking in the House chamber on ...

Small study cites increased movements of unborn babies when moms smoked. The study looked at fetuses for both smoking and non-smoking women. The fetuses, whose mother's smoked, tended to touch their ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baby Olivia isn’t a ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Doctors at Sheikh Zayed Hospital have successfully performed an extremely rare and complex surgery on a ...