A preterm birth is further categorized as follows: Late preterm: babies born between 32 and 37 weeks of pregnancy. Very preterm: babies born between 28 and 32 weeks of pregnancy.

In honor of Women’s Health Month, reproductive health researcher and Assistant Professor Scott Barnett from the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology shares the sobering reality of the rising ...

Preterm birth, occurring before 37 weeks of pregnancy, affects a significant number of infants globally. Various factors, including lifestyle choices, medical conditions, and pregnancy complications, ...

Two new studies followed children whose mothers had taken antibiotics at the end of their pregnancies. The children were followed up to the age of 7. ""This is a good study, because it's a large ...

WHO’s 2023 report states premature birth, occurring before 37 weeks, risks newborn health, causing 900,000 deaths in 2019 and 13.4 million premature births in 2020. Causes: infections, multiple ...

A full-term pregnancy lasts around 40 weeks. However, sometimes labour may start early. If labour starts after 20 weeks and before 37 weeks, then it is called preterm labour or premature labour. This ...