In August 2019, when Corey Clem was pregnant with her daughter, she caught a cold with a “pretty bad cough,” she told TODAY. She visited her doctor to make sure everything was OK and received a ...

Federal data indicate that over half the US population aged 6-46 years is infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), typically spread through bodily fluids. Most people have mild or no negative effects from ...

On a spring day in the late 1980s, pediatrician Mark Schleiss was confronted with a difficult case: a months-old infant who had developed pneumonia. While many infants with pneumonia recover, this ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is the first state in the nation to screen newborns for cytomegalovirus, known as "CMV." CMV is a common infection, which often goes undetected in people. However, if a ...

The nonexhaustive list of things women are told to avoid while pregnant includes cat litter, alfalfa sprouts, deli meat, runny egg yolks, pet hamsters, sushi, herbal teas, gardening, Brie cheeses, ...

This story was originally published by The 19th on June 17, 2022. For Megan H. Pesch, doing everything possible to ensure the health of her third baby became a bit of an obsession. While pregnant, ...