The fetal pole is the first sign of an embryo in early pregnancy ultrasounds. If the fetal pole doesn't have a heartbeat, it could mean a missed miscarriage. Sometimes, a fetal pole isn't visible ...

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill Thursday to require health classes to show students certain early fetal development videos. Under HB 667, the videos should be “high-quality computer-generated ...

The development of a child begins during pregnancy, when prenatal environmental factors and genetic influences interact to ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

West Virginia's Republican-supermajority Senate approved a bill that would require public schools to show a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion rights group. The bill, referred to ...

Researchers in Turkey have identified a potential biological link between early fetal development and the later emergence of gender dysphoria. The study indicates that adults diagnosed with gender ...

Some conservative Ohio lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to require public school students to watch three-minute-long videos about fetal development, starting in the third grade and every year until ...