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Anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The anti-abortion group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising says it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck.

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An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck

1:19pm April 06, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Washington, D.C., police originally said it found five fetal remains in one of the group member's apartments. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising now says there were 115 fetuses in total.

With the delta variant surging, "All people 12 years and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to get pregnant now or might become pregnant in the future" should get vaccinated against COVID-19, the CDC urges.

Vaccinating During Pregnancy Has Become Even More Urgent As ICU Beds Fill Up

5:27pm August 11, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

Only 23% of those pregnant in the U.S. have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, statistics show. And with the delta variant surging, those who are unvaccinated are especially vulnerable.

For years, pregnant women have been routinely excluded from medical studies, a practice that has left unanswered questions about how best to treat many health conditions during pregnancy.

Research Gaps Leave Doctors Guessing About Treatments For Pregnant Women

5:34pm December 10, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

To protect a developing fetus from experimental drugs or treatments that might cause birth defects, pregnant women aren't included in many clinical trials. But that limits the safety evidence, too.

Kristen Philman first tried methamphetamine in her early 20s, as an alternative to heroin and other opioids. When she discovered she was pregnant, she says, it was a wake-up call, and she did what she needed to do to stop using all those drugs.

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Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

11:27pm November 29, 2018

by Rhitu Chatterjee

As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.

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Fetuses in the third trimester responded more often to patterns that resembled faces than to patterns that did not.

Fetuses Respond To Face-Like Patterns, Study Suggests

4:34pm June 08, 2017

by Rob Stein

Fetuses in the third trimester responded more often to patterns that resembled faces than patterns that did not. The findings don't mean fetuses can recognize their parents' faces before they're born.

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