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Indian women have been urged to have a minimum of two children in a bid to reverse plummeting birth rates and boost the population. N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is the chief minister of the Andhra ...

Pregnancy and birth are deeply personal experiences, yet they are also medical events that can turn unpredictable. In India, hospitals remain the norm, but conversations about home birth are rising, ...

Despite overall progress in bringing down low birthweight numbers across India over the past 30 years, rates remain stubbornly high in certain states, with Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, and West ...

Exposure to severe levels of air pollution in India is linked to adverse birth outcomes, including pre-term births and low birth weight in newborns, scientists warned in a new study. Studies have ...

Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and climatic factors, such as temperature and rainfall, are associated with adverse birth outcomes in India, according to a study published July ...

New Delhi [India], March 5: Smile Train India and the Birth Defects Research Foundation announced the launch of BIND - Birth Anomalies Network of India, a first-of-its-kind national forum aimed at ...

Every year, a staggering number of infants are born before their time, confronting a host of health hurdles. Factors contributing to these early arrivals can include maternal health issues, infections ...