Stories Tagged as
Pregnancy
COVID relief extends Medicaid's pregnancy health insurance benefit to a full year
Mar 19, 2021
In the U.S., Black and Indigenous women are two to three times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes in the first year as white women.
How femtech uses data to help women and advertisers
Mar 20, 2019
In our economy, the devices we use are constantly asking us to share — or sometimes just taking — our data. And when it comes to that data, not much of it is more personal and private than our health. Yet personal health devices and apps are a growing industry, a subset of which is targeted […]
New novel imagines tech industry "solving" childbirth
by
Molly Wood
and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 4, 2018
Are there some things that just shouldn't be made easier?
40 years after the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, pregnant employees still face workplace discrimination
Feb 28, 2018
"You know, you inform your boss of a pregnancy on Monday and you're fired on Tuesday. That still happens."
Program focuses on boys to help prevent teen pregnancy
Jan 18, 2016
Teens wait longer to have sex if their parents talk to them about it.
Supreme Court hears pregnancy case
Dec 3, 2014
If the former UPS worker wins, employers could face an avalanche of pregnancy-discrimination lawsuits.
Congratulations, you're pregnant! Now buy stuff
by
Ariana Tobin
May 15, 2014
Shutterfly's email list reveals the industry of marketing to expectant parents.
For public good, not for profit.
Hiding pregnancy from the marketing machine
by
Molly Wood
Apr 29, 2014
Is it possible to take your pregnancy off the grid?
Making in vitro births safer and less costly
Mar 31, 2014
A new statement says IVF practice can cause problems
Financial planning for baby
by
Adriene Hill
Aug 24, 2012
There's a lot to decide before you have a baby. Certified financial planner Louis Barajas answers expecting parents' questions about how to be prepared financially for your baby.