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Blockade leaves Gaza's pregnant women hungry and at risk

11 Jul 2025

Like most women at the Gaza City hospital where she attends her pregnancy check-ups, Fatima Arafa's face looks fatigued, a sign of the malnutrition affecting her due to wartime...

Climate change increasing risk of pregnancy problems: Study

14 May 2025

Scorching heatwaves fuelled by global warming are increasing the risk of dangerous complications during pregnancies across the world, a report warned on Wednesday. Being exposed to extreme heat while...

US woman with rare double womb gives birth to twin girls on different days

23 Dec 2023

A 32-year-old woman from Alabama who was born with two uteruses and became pregnant in both gave birth to twin girls on different days, she announced on Friday. "Our...

US approves first oral pill for postpartum depression

05 Aug 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved for the first time a pill to treat postpartum depression, a condition believed to affect around half a million women...

Doctors perform complex foetal surgery in Abu Dhabi

15 Jun 2023

Doctors at an Abu Dhabi hospital performed a potentially life-changing in-utero procedure on a pregnant patient from South America recently. The patient from Colombia, underwent the rare open spina...

Argentina worried over arrivals of pregnant Russian women

12 Feb 2023

Argentine officials are expressing concern over the large number of pregnant Russian women who have recently entered the country to give birth as a way to obtain an Argentine...

Pregnant women caught in Pakistan floods desperate for medical aid

05 Sep 2022

With a swollen belly, aching feet and her four-year-old daughter in tow, Fahmidah Bibi keeps an eye out for a doctor who is rumoured to be due a visit...

47,000 pregnant women in flood-hit shelter camps in Sindh province, says health minister

04 Sep 2022

Tariq Butt, Correspondent Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho has shared alarming statistics of women affected by the unprecedented floods, saying at least 47,000 women were pregnant in shelter...

No coronavirus vaccines for India's frightened mums-to-be

09 Jun 2021

Tanya Ashnigdh is four months pregnant and frightened, one of the millions of expectant mothers excluded from India's faltering vaccination drive despite being at greater risk from COVID-19. In...

Dubai expands eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccine for women, virus patients

17 Apr 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter Dubai has expanded the eligibility criteria for COVID-19 vaccination for women who are breastfeeding as well as for those who are planning to conceive. The...

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