Continued advances in drug-abuse research show that drug addiction is a chronic brain disease that can be treated. The stigma of drug abuse during pregnancy is reduced. Programs are expanded to treat ...

HARRISBURG, Pa -- Pennsylvania's highest court says mothers who use illegal drugs while pregnant can't be considered perpetrators of child abuse against their newly born children under the state's ...

Giorgia Guglielmi is a freelance writer in Basel, Switzerland. In 2021, amid the COVID‑19 pandemic, Kristin Wall became pregnant with her second child. Her physician told her that little was known ...

There's good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy -- a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children.

Pregnant women whose babies are born addicted to drugs could face charges if a bill filed by two Tennessee lawmakers is passed. Under the bill, women who used narcotics during their pregnancy could ...

Official figures have revealed that more infant deaths are linked to marriages between cousins than drug abuse during pregnancy. Data from the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) linked close ...