Background: Whether the association between teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes could be explained by deleterious social environment, inadequate prenatal care, or biological immaturity ...

“Cyesis was built to wrap expectant and parenting teens with the support they need most,” says program director Meredith Piazza. Four years ago, Jeanni Castro had big plans. A high-achieving student ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examined the risk of early death beyond 12 years of age related to teenage pregnancies and gestational age. Teen pregnancy is a leading ...

You’re a public health policymaker in Texas. Teenage girls in the state are getting knocked up at an alarming rate, then they’re having babies and getting knocked up again. The data, along with the ...

JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi will require doctors to collect umbilical cord blood from babies born to some young mothers, under a new law intended to identify statutory rapists and ...

Counseling offers a safe space for teenagers to express their fears, uncertainties, and hopes. It’s a supportive environment where they can receive professional guidance tailored to their specific ...

With more than 160 teenage mothers delivering babies at public hospitals on New Year's Day, the department has urged ...

As a senior in high school, Shy’kemia Lundy didn’t know she was pregnant until two months after having unprotected sex, which would’ve left her with no option to have an abortion in Macon. By 17 years ...

TUNICA, Miss. — During the four years Ashley McKay attended Rosa Fort High School in Tunica, Miss., her sex education consisted mainly of an instructor listing different sexually transmitted diseases.

The Department of Health has raised serious concern over a sharp increase in teenage pregnancies recorded on New Year’s Day 2026.

High teenage pregnancy rates force young learners in Mopani District to miss school and abandon their education.