Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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Rett syndrome: an overview of this rare genetic disorder
What is Rett syndrome? Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder in which a child’s early growth and development regresses...
Rare Diseases
Weathering a rare childhood disorder
As a chief foreign correspondent for NBC News over the past 15 years, Richard Engel has covered wars and conflicts around...
Rare Diseases
Teens and stress: When it’s more than worry
Stress—and sometimes feeling anxious—is a natural and normal experience for everyone, including children and teenagers. But when those feelings last...
Anxiety
Teens are talking about mental health
The prevalence of mental health issues is hard to measure, but federal data show how widespread the challenges are. The...
Mental Health
60 years of innovation: NICHD research through the years
Since 1962, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has helped save lives and improve...
Pregnancy
PregSource: Using input from pregnant people to uncover the secrets of pregnancy
What is PregSource? PregSource®: Crowdsourcing to Understand Pregnancy is a research project that collects data about pregnancy from the...
Pregnancy
By the numbers: Health disparities in pregnancy
Approximately 700 women die each year in the U.S. as a result of pregnancy-related complications. American Indian/Alaska Native women...
Women's Health
Preeclampsia: What you need to know
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-related disorder in which the mother's high blood pressure reduces the blood supply to the fetus....
Women's Health
Mother spreads awareness after multiple preeclampsia diagnoses
When Mavis Stephens became pregnant with her first child in 1995, she expected a healthy pregnancy. She was young and active...
Pregnancy
Reducing health disparities around pregnancy
Despite many medical advances and improvements in maternal health care, significant health disparities in the care of pregnant people still...
PregnancyPersonal Story
Allyson Felix is a champion for maternal health
Rigorous training and preparation has helped Allyson Felix win 11 Olympic medals, two of which she won this past summer at...
Pregnancy, Celebrity, Personal Story, Hero Feature, Children and Teenagers, Women, Issue Hero
Opening up about pregnancy and loss
Alise Crutchman had been trying to get pregnant for a few months when she finally conceived in 2017. For Alise and...
High-Risk Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Personal Story, Women