The impact, still rippling outward, continues to roil politics and disrupt pregnancy care.
Women's Health
Allyson Felix — celebrated athlete, successful businesswoman and fierce advocate for maternal health — uses her platform to spread the word. It’s a message that’s welcome as Black Maternal Health Week gets underway.
A unique therapy may prevent postmenopausal cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline when taken within six years of menopause.
Health experts see abortion as a public health issue — but in politics, it’s a campaign issue and this is a critical election year.
A USC expert on medicine access, drug utilization and pharmaceutical policy weighs in on what’s at stake across the country.
Up to 2% of pregnant women experience nausea and vomiting so severe that it can lead to problems with fetal development. A USC-led study offers insight into the condition and may help in predicting and diagnosing it.
A new study may change views on hormone replacement therapy and its role in women’s health.
A decade after surviving lymphoma as a child, a young woman gets critical guidance from a USC doctor about her fertility.
USC researchers found that exposure to flaring was associated with 50% higher odds of preterm birth.
Pregnant women and new mothers want to know how the coronavirus will affect their newborns. From breastfeeding safety to viral transmission in the womb, Keck Medicine of USC maternal-fetal medicine specialist Marc Incerpi, answers burning questions about pregnancy during the pandemic.