Pregnant and stuck on a ship in the middle of the virus pandemic
Like thousands of other seafarers, Karika Neethling wanted to get home as the coronavirus pandemic convulsed the cruise industry in March. Her anxiety grew more desperate when she learned she was pregnant. But for nearly three months, the 27-year-old South African was caught in a ...
Guidelines for new prenatal tests in Japan revised to expand availability
Noninvasive prenatal testing will be made available at a wider range of medical institutions if revised guidelines win health ministry approval, the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology said Saturday. The organization revised the guidelines on the prenatal testing to allow smaller medical institutions, such ...
With Japan's schools out, more teens seek advice on pregnancy
Amid COVID-19 epidemic, one consultation center in Kobe saw inquiries double in March, with 70 percent coming from teenagers.
A statement released by the Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine is urging doctors to ask patients to reconsider treatment.
Abe touts Avigan as COVID-19 treatment despite experts urging caution
Medical experts warn the drug, also known as favipiravir, may cause birth defects and it cannot be administered to expecting mothers or those who may become pregnant.
Midwives seek to ease expectant mothers' worries amid pandemic
A midwives group in Japan has been offering free online parenting lectures to expectant mothers and their spouses to ease concern amid the cancellation of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus outbreak. The online classes, which substitute for lectures usually provided by local health authorities, ...
Pregnant with twins, Ainhoa Martinez knows she probably should be home being careful rather than putting herself at risk by serving the public every day at her boutique tea shop near Madrid. With all but food shops shuttered for the past three weeks as Spain ...
The health ministry has compiled measures to prevent pregnant women from being infected with COVID-19, sources have said. The ministry will call on companies and business organizations to promote teleworking and staggered commuting, create an environment in which pregnant women find it easier to take ...
New Zealand has passed a landmark bill that treats abortion as a health issue rather than a crime, a major reform in laws that have been unchanged for more than four decades. The reform passed through parliament late on Wednesday by a vote of 68 ...
Scared of the deadly new coronavirus that has swept China, pregnant women and new mothers are giving birth alone, keeping their newborns inside the house and switching to pricier private hospitals to avoid the risk of infection. One new mother, surnamed Xie, gave birth to ...
Japanese dad tackles train etiquette with a badge to show he's willing to give up his seat
Scenario: You are congratulating yourself on having snagged a seat on a crowded, early morning Tokyo train, when out of the corner of your eye you spot a woman standing nearby who appears to be pregnant. You know you should offer her your seat, but ...
In world first, cancer patient has baby using egg frozen for years
In a world first, a woman who had been rendered infertile by cancer treatment gave birth after one of her eggs was matured, frozen and then — five years later — thawed and fertilized, researchers in France reported. A study in the journal Annals of ...
