Lindsey Carr, Editor

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) will hold its 31st Annual Meeting at the Gaylord Rockies Hotel in Denver from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2020.

These results underscore the importance of clarifying pregnancy goals and providing counseling on contraception, according to researchers. 

To provide ob/gyns with the latest information, news updates and more, we have compiled a list of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) most recent COVID-related resources.

Existing research suggests that reminder messages, or state immunization information systems autodialer centralized reminder and recall (C-R/R) messages, are likely to result in higher child vaccination rates.

Emily Miller, MD, MPH, with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, has been involved in what may be the most interesting clinical findings to date for the impact of COVID-19 to pregnancy.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has sent another letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as of May 15 requesting relief funding for ob/gyns.

In this video interview, Senior Editor Angie DeRosa talks with Dr. Kristina Adams-Waldorf, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Adjunct Professor in Global Health at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in Seattle.

Sexual transmission of COVID-19 is unlikely, according to a new international study published in Fertility & Sterility.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is hosting a virtual workshop, Pregnancy and Maternal Conditions that Increase Risk of Morbidity and Mortality, to discuss the clinical causes of maternal morbidity and mortality and to develop a research agenda targeted at its clinical causes.

Dr. Sarah Dotters-Katz is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and obstetrician and gynecologist at Duke Health in Durham, N.C. One of her research interests is clinical infectious diseases and how they impact pregnancy.

New research by Finnish investigators shows a significant link between maternal hypertension and mental health disorders in children.

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy may result in physical growth delays after birth, according to a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health.

New research suggests that certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as Trichomonas vaginalis and Neisseria gonorrhea, may contribute to a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and preterm birth (PTB) in adolescents.

A new study suggests that polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may be linked to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and the Hippo pathways.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, exposing significant healthcare disparities within America’s healthcare system.

Contemporary OB/GYN Senior Editor Angie DeRosa interviews Dr. Laura Riley, MD, a renowned obstetrician who specializes in obstetric infectious disease. Dr. Riley weighs in on COVID-19.