8+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1310+ words) It was the fall of 2024 when Abigail Hendricks learned she was pregnant with her fifth child. She was glowing with excitement. "For me, a baby is a blessing," says Hendricks. "They are cute. They are precious. And they are a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (352+ words) The Goats and Soda blog publishes hundreds of stories each year about global health news, about fighting poverty, about daily life in the Global South. Some of these posts attract a slew of readers. Then there are stories that people…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1651+ words) For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public health officer in Mississippi, it's Edney's job to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (825+ words) Scientists have created human eggs containing genes from adult skin cells, a step that someday could help women who are infertile or gay couples have babies with their own genes but would also raise difficult ethical, social and legal issues....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (929+ words) This week, President Trump urged pregnant women to "tough it out" and take Tylenol sparingly on the basis that there's a link between the active ingredient in the pain killer, acetaminophen, and autism. Still, the remarks on Monday sparked confusion,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (110+ words) President Trump linked Tylenol to autism despite little medical evidence. How are Americans meant to make important decisions about their health at this confusing moment? VIDEO: Trump and scientists disagree on Tylenol and autism. Who do Americans believe? Americans are…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (924+ words) The Mississippi Health Department is worried about the state's babies. It declared a public health emergency last month after the infant mortality rate shot up. What's going on? NPR's Katia Riddle talked with some Mississippi moms. KATIA RIDDLE, BYLINE: Obstetricians…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (801+ words) "Don't take Tylenol if you're pregnant, and don't give Tylenol to your child," Trump said in a White House briefing, emphatically repeating this warning more than a dozen times. "Fight like hell not to take it." Physician groups, plus the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (481+ words) Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump's assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism. "Available evidence has found no link between the use of…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (366+ words) : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION Sept. 23, 2025: A previous version of this story misstated the number of children diagnosed with autism as 1 in 3. The correct number is 1 in 31, or about 3%.] During a White House press conference today, President Trump announced that federal health officials…...