Mothers often describe giving birth as the best day of their lives. For some women, the opposite is true. Instead of feeling joyful and empowered, they suffer from injuries that cause permanent physical and psychological damage during labor and delivery. A recent study from The…
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Having a baby is a beautiful experience. Unfortunately, it also can be one of the riskiest. While rare, labor and delivery complications are rising every year. Eighty percent of pregnancies and deliveries go just fine, but the other 20 percent experience a host of physically,…
Encouraging news for those who are pregnant and choose to receive a Pfizer or Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Preliminary results from a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine highlight that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines do not show obvious safety signals among…
During the last 15 months, as people around the world have confronted the COVID-19 pandemic, success has been made. In the U.S. alone, 40 percent of adults, that’s 104-million people, are now fully vaccinated. However, there are concerns that those in charge of making sure…
There are thousands of birth injuries each year in the U.S. While some birth injuries cannot be prevented or foreseen, many are caused by doctors, nurses, and other healthcare members involved in monitoring the pregnancy or as part of the labor and delivery team. There…
While sticking to his new lofty goal of having 200-million Covid-19 vaccine shots administered within his first 100 days of office, President Joe Biden is busy completing other tasks as well, including rolling back a last-minute action of the former administration. One day before Department…
Traditional vaccines are usually well-equipped to handle injury claims. They generally take a decade or more to develop and go through three to four rigorous testing phases by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before being declared safe for routine use. Serious, long-lasting side effects…
Every expectant parent hopes for a successful labor and delivery, resulting in a healthy baby. However, thousands of children in the United States suffer birth injuries every year. Many of the injuries are because of a mistake caused by a doctor, nurse, surgeon, or another…
The COVID-19 vaccination has been one of the top headlines for months and will undoubtedly continue to be in the spotlight for a long time to come. It was developed incredibly fast compared to other vaccines to curb the virus’s unstoppable spread and has already…
The experience of pregnancy and bringing a baby into the world is both exciting and intense. In most cases, although painful and perhaps scary, deliveries go well. However, unfortunately, labor and delivery mistakes happen every day, resulting in possible injuries to the newborn and the…
