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Dartmouth Health launches TeamBirth to enhance patient experience during labor and delivery
5+ hour, 53+ min ago (234+ words) In March, Dartmouth Health will officially implement TeamBirth at its member hospitals with labor and delivery services. This patient-centered care model, which supports open communication among patients, their support people and clinicians during childbirth, rolled out at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical…...
Expert says whether to take antidepressants during pregnancy is a ‘risk-risk conversation’
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (681+ words) When Sarah Bynum was pregnant with her first child in 2017, her primary care doctor suggested she stop taking her antidepressant. He told her there wasn't enough research to justify staying on the medication. By the time she delivered her daughter,…...
Bill would require anti-abortion centers be included in abortion referrals for pregnant mothers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (589+ words) Abortion rights supporters and opponents squared off Monday over legislation that would require certain health care providers that make an abortion referral to also refer the woman to a crisis pregnancy center that opposes the procedure. Tara Bishop, communications director…...
Advocates seek to follow Kennedy's move, drop Hep B from list of required child vaccines
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (410+ words) State Rep. Kelley Potenza, R-Rochester and center inset, testified in support of legislation to drop Hepatitis B from the list of required vaccines for children to enter school or childcare settings. Advocates asked a House committee Wednesday to make New…...
Advocates say NH should follow Kennedy's lead, drop hepatitis B as required child vaccination
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (790+ words) Since birth doses of the vaccine were implemented in the U.S., according to a 2019 review, hepatitis B cases among children and teens dropped by 99%. Advocates asked a House committee Wednesday to make New Hampshire the third state in the nation to…...
NH's Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, pregnant with second child
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (362+ words) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt takes a question from a reporter during the daily press briefing at the White House in August. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday that she's expecting to become a mom for the…...
CDC panel reverses call on newborn's Hepatitis B shots
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1155+ words) A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta. An influential panel of vaccine advisers voted to revoke a longstanding recommendation that all babies receive hepatitis B shots within 24 hours of birth, a move expected…...
Kennedy says not enough data to show Tylenol causes autism
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (251+ words) and Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters President Donald Trump's top health official on Wednesday said evidence does not show that Kenvue's pain medicine Tylenol definitively causes autism but that it should still be used cautiously, a month after the president said U.S. health…...
Scientists rebuke Trump’s Tylenol-autism claim, stress that fever is bigger danger in pregnancy
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (694+ words) Tylenol and generic acetaminophen is the most commonly used drug for pain relief and fever reduction in pregnant women. President Donald Trump's call for pregnant women to avoid Tylenol is drawing sharp criticism from researchers who say the advice ignores…...
Kennedy to link Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, WSJ reports
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (628+ words) and Julie Steenhuysen Reuters Tylenol is displayed for sale behind a locked anti-theft barrier at a pharmacy in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce that use of Kenvue's popular over-the-counter pain medication Tylenol in pregnant…...