pregnancy

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday that pregnant women are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday. Dr. Oluwatosin Goje, who works in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) at the Cleveland Clinic, says this is the best news she’s heard all week, along with the FDA's emergency use authorization of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. “Now we have three effective vaccines that can be administered, not just to the general population, but even to pregnant patients,” she said.

Come Thursday, Ohio will expand its list of eligible Ohioans who can sign up to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Phase 1C includes those with Type 1...

Following a trend of declining births in the U.S., initial data shows fewer babies were born in several states in December compared to prior years.

For many mothers giving birth during the pandemic, pregnancy has not gone as planned. To learn about these experiences, a pair of researchers is...

A new $2.5 million grant will support and expand school-based health care services like sex education in Columbus.Nationwide Children’s Hospital announced…

Ohio’s three major cities have concerted efforts to reduce infant mortality—but some are seeing better results in addressing long-standing racial…

Columbus City Council plans to approve funds to develop a community-based peer to peer education program for teens in Franklin County on Monday…

Doctors from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say that Latina and Black pregnant women in their hospitals are testing positive for COVID-19…

A survey from the Guttmacher Institute finds that roughly one-third of women say they plan to delay having children, or have fewer, even as they are experiencing difficulty obtaining contraception.

On April 1 Teasha Tennyson gave birth to a six-pound, five-ounce baby at Good Samaritan Hospital. She'd already had a less than ideal birthing process...