Reproductive Health News

Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Babies of Mothers Who Had COVID-19 During Pregnancy

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A recent JAMA Network Open study analyzed mothers who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and the neurodevelopmental outcomes, such as motor function and speech disorders, in their...

CDC Reports Reduction in HIV Diagnoses During Coronavirus Pandemic

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An annual CDC report that measures HIV diagnoses found a disquieting 17% reduction in diagnoses during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. Data from 2020 showed that 30,635 people had been...

GE Healthcare to Invest $50M to Boost Ultrasound Solution Adoption

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GE Healthcare will invest up to $50 million in start-up Pulsenmore to accelerate the global adoption of ultrasound solutions and pursue FDA clearance and commercial expansion. The companies will also...

FDA Warns of False Results With Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Tests

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FDA recently warned the public of the risk of false results, inappropriate use, and interpretation of results with non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) tests.  NIPS tests look for signs of...

Fertility, Metformin, and Danish Birth Defects

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Results from a long-term study conducted in Denmark show that the popular diabetes drug — metformin — is linked to an increased rate of severe birth defects. Using nearly 20 years of health...

Alife Raises $22M to Advance In-Vitro Fertilization Through AI

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Alife Health recently raised $22 million in Series A financing to advance in-vitro fertilization (IVF) through artificial intelligence (AI) tools.   Alife will bring its first two products...

Global Hormonal Contraceptive Industry to Generate $20.67B by 2030

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The global hormonal contraceptive industry generated $15.02 billion in 2020 and is anticipated to generate $20.67 billion by 2030, according to a recent Allied Market Research...

Posterity Health Increases Access to Male Fertility Care Globally

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Posterity Health recently launched Project AIM (Access to care-Inclusion of the Male partner), a nationwide initiative that provides men with at-home testing and access to male fertility...

Obvio Health Concludes Virtual Urogynecology Clinical Trial

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Obvio Health and Renovia recently completed the first fully virtual urogynecology clinical trial, which validated the efficacy of Renovia's leva Pelvic Health System on women's urinary...