On Jan. 7, a Kentucky grand jury returned an indictment for Melissa Spencer, a woman charged with fetal homicide, after she ...

A circuit judge dismissed a fetal homicide charge against a Kentucky woman indicted earlier this week after she allegedly ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) could become a therapeutic tool to address some of the most frequent and disabling consequences of fetal ...

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

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

According to the CDC, every 4.5 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect. While it can often be scary for a new parent to ...

Editor's Note: Scientific literature generally uses the words "mother" and "maternal" in reference to a person with a uterus who has carried a child. To avoid inconsistencies, this article also uses ...

The mission of the Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at UAB is to train future leaders in MFM with complementary skill sets in maternal care, fetal ultrasound, and clinical research. A three-year ...

Welcome to the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program. Our fellows receive didactic and practical experience in maternal-fetal physiology and pathophysiology, medical complications, obstetric ...