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Release: NIH study of WWII evacuees suggests mental illness may be passed to offspring (November 29, 2017)

Mental illness associated with early childhood adversity may be passed from generation to generation, according to a study of adults whose parents evacuated Finland as children during World War II.

Spotlight: Zika Research after Hurricane Maria (November 20, 2017)

Dr. Carmen Zorrilla, who leads NICHD’s Zika in Infants and Pregnancy (ZIP) study in Puerto Rico, reports on how Hurricane Maria affected the Island’s largest hospital in San Juan.

Media Advisory: Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, NIH study suggests (November 16, 2017)

Exposure to common air pollutants, such as ozone and fine particles, may increase the risk of early pregnancy loss, according to an NIH study.

Release: Obesity during pregnancy may lead directly to fetal overgrowth, NIH study suggests (November 13, 2017)

Obesity during pregnancy—independent of its health consequences such as diabetes—may account for the higher risk of giving birth to an atypically large infant.

News Release: NIH launches PregSource, a crowdsourcing project to better understand pregnancy (November 01, 2017)

PregSource is a research project led by NICHD that aims to improve knowledge of pregnancy by collecting information directly from pregnant women.

Media Advisory: NIH study identifies new targets for anti-malaria drugs (October 26, 2017)

The deadliest malaria parasite needs two proteins to infect red blood cells and exit the cells after it multiplies, a finding that may provide researchers with potential new targets for drug development.

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