Baby complications at birth

One recent study shows that pregnant women who were admitted to ICU with the flu were four times more likely to deliver preterm babies and four and a half times more likely to have babies with low birth weights. Women continue to be susceptible even in the early postpartum period due to changes in the body system. … [Read more...] about Not too late: Flu shots can still protect babies and moms

Proceeds from the musical were going to benefit hurricane-ravaged arts groups, but the event doubled as a celebration of the progress Chappuis wished the rest of America could see. As Miranda took his bows at the end of the show, he wrapped himself in a Puerto Rican flag. Afterward, he attended a rum-soaked party at a fancy office complex owned by one of the production’s sponsors, Banco Popular. Puerto Rico’s tourism sector is starting to revive. (The Times named the island its top destination for 2019.) New federal assistance, such as a program that designates the entire island as an “opportunity zone,” will offer a lucrative tax break for investments in small businesses, real estate, and the like. And Hurricane Maria, ironically enough, has generated an unexpected windfall. The current fiscal plan estimates Puerto Rico will receive $82 billion in disaster relief and predicts a substantial stimulus effect. Tax revenues increased by $540 … [Read more...] about The McKinsey Way to Save an Island

Indeed, the abortion issue reared its ugly head during the recent U.S. election season. There was Rep. Todd Akin, who claimed women do not get pregnant from rape, and that their bodies have a magical way of rejecting rapist semen. “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,” he infamously said. Or vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), who is fervently anti-abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. Just yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry (R-Tex.) told lawmakers he’d like “to make abortion at any stage a thing of the past,” and one particularly kooky anti-abortion crusader scaled a large tree and attempted to disrupt President Obama’s inauguration ceremony. … [Read more...] about ‘After Tiller’ Profiles Last Four U.S. Doctors Who Do Late-Term Abortions