PFDA - a widely found PFAS “forever chemical” - may interfere with fetal development, changing how a baby’s face forms in ...

Researchers have long associated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals,” to certain severe birth defects, but exactly how these pollutants harm a developing ...

North Dakota schools would be required to show students high-quality video of how a human fetus develops in each week of pregnancy under a bill Senate lawmakers approved during a vote Wednesday. The ...

When the "eco-friendly" bioplastic, polylactic acid (PLA), biodegrades, the resulting nanoplastics can accumulate in the ...

Tennessee could soon become the latest state to require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal development created by an anti-abortion group. The state Senate ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United States evaluated the effects of maternal coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-associated stress and fetal ...

After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion groups have taken to schools to further propagate misleading information on reproduction. A similar video, in the parlance of the North Dakota ...

A study in mice has discovered that the presence of Bifidobacterium breve bacteria in the mother's gut during pregnancy promotes healthy brain development in the fetus. The fetal brain development of ...