World Breastfeeding Week: Instead of avoiding contact with her child because of the fear of the infection, a lactating mother who has tested Covid positive should...
According to Dr Manju Puri, Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, pregnant women must take all possible precautions...
Accepting the recommendations from the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved vaccination of pregnant women against COVID-19...
Dr Balram Bhargava, Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research said that while the pregnant women can be inoculated against COVID-19, vaccinating children is still not allowed
In the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the serious fears of life and death have come about, said Parul Ohri, Chief Editor, Momspresso
Although pregnant people are not more susceptible to acquiring influenza infection, they are at an increased risk of complications if they get the flu during pregnancy,...
At least 225 corona infected pregnant women delivered healthy babies and the newborn babies were not infected by the virus due to utmost care taken by...
According to Activist Anvy Shrivastava, the criteria for a breast milk donor is that she should not be suffering from any ailment or be COVID-19 positive
Over the past two decades, India has achieved impressive gains in reducing maternal deaths. India’s maternal mortality rate (maternal deaths/100,000 live births) has decreased from 407...
According to Dr Sushma Malik of BYL Nair Hospital, COVID-19 infection is not congenital and so even if the mother is infected with coronavirus, the baby...
The study measured the impact of routine deworming medicine during antenatal care on subsequent neonatal mortality and low birth weight for births between 1998 and 2018...
According to experts, care and nutrition received by the mother and her child during the first 1,000 days (from conception to the second birthday of the...