At two months pregnant, your baby is rapidly developing key organs and features. Learn about common symptoms, what changes to ...

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

Significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

Before age 5, a baby's brain grows rapidly, undergoing a uniquely important moment in development. Yet, many don't understand just how critical it is for setting a person's foundation for thriving.

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa schools would have to show ultrasound videos and computer-generated graphics on fetal development in Iowa classrooms under legislation sent to the ...

Although the first stool of your baby, called meconium, might be strange to see, it tells you a lot about how your baby is ...

A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...