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(HealthDay)—Among women giving birth, the rates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increased more than 400 percent from 2000 to 2015, with rates much higher among those with opioid use disorder, according to research published in the Oct. 4 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Jean Y. Ko, Ph.D., from the […]
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First-time parents! Daniella Monet and her fiancé, Andrew Gardner, welcomed their baby boy on Sunday, September 29. “And just like that, you are our everything,” the Victorious alum, 30, captioned an Instagram photo of her son. Monet announced in April that she and the Pennsylvania native had a little one on the way. “We’re going to be parents!!!” the actress captioned her […]
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Baby bliss! 90 Day Fiancé stars Paola and Russ Mayfield gave Us Weekly an exclusive look at the birth of their son, Axel, ahead of his Sunday, June 23, debut on the TLC reality show. The couple, who first appeared on season 1 of the series, shared behind-the-scenes photos of Paola, 32, as she awaited her first child’s arrival via home birth in January. […]
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The meatball’s still cooking! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is beyond ready for her third child to be born, based on her latest Instagram Stories. “Come out you little s–t,” the Jersey Shore alum, 31, captioned a Boomerang video of her pregnant belly on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, May 26. Minutes later, she posted a similar shot of herself holding a […]
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Prince William Opens a New Window. joked with fans that he has “no idea” when his sister-in-law Duchess Meghan Opens a New Window. will give birth to her first child with Prince Harry Opens a New Window. . The Duke of Cambridge, 36, was asked about his brother’s impending arrival while talking to well-wishers during a visit to Christchurch, New […]
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Cutting it close! Prince William might miss the birth of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan’s royal baby due to a scheduled trip. “The Duke of Cambridge will visit New Zealand on behalf of The Queen to honour the victims of the Christchurch mosques terrorist attack,” Kensington Palace wrote on Twitter Opens a New Window. on Wednesday, March 27. “The visit […]
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine used MRI brain scans and machine learning techniques at birth to predict cognitive development at age 2 years with 95 percent accuracy. “This prediction could help identify children at risk for poor cognitive development shortly after birth with high accuracy,” said senior author John H. Gilmore, MD, Thad and Alice […]
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Catastrophe actor Rob Delaney and his wife, Leah, recently revealed that they welcomed their fourth child — a son — in August, only seven months after the devastating loss of their 2-year-old, Henry, who died from brain cancer. This December, Delaney told the U.K.’s The Sunday Times Magazine, “We likely would’ve had a fourth anyway. But I mean, there’s mixed feelings. It’s […]
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The day after Maggie Maine was born, doctors told her parents there was a 70 percent chance she’d never walk, talk or be able to feed or bathe herself. An MRI had found severe defects in both her heart and her brain. Relying on their faith, Jeff and Renae Maine decided to focus on the 30 percent chance that the […]
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Actor Eva Longoria gave birth to her first child, Santiago Enrique Bastón, on Tuesday — and in between snuggle sessions, she’s using her platform to rally against the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy. "In light of my son’s birth I wanted to bring focus on the families that have been separated at the border," Longoria captioned her first publicly shared […]
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