Latest Prenatal care News

Mississippi bill to revise law for low-income pregnant women passes first legislative hurdle

Jan. 23, 2025 11:08 AM EST

Low-income women in Mississippi would be able to access free prenatal care faster under a bill that passed the House Medicaid committee Wednesday. The same law passed the full Legislature last year, but never went into effect due to a discrepancy between what was written into state...

Doctors worry that iodine deficiency — a dietary problem from the past — is coming back

Jan. 06, 2025 14:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The 13-year-old boy came to the clinic with a rapidly ballooning neck. Doctors were puzzled. Testing ruled out their first suspicion. But further tests pinpointed what they — and the boy — had been missing: iodine. A century ago, iodine...