Legislation to require the Arkansas Department of Education to include a discussion about human fetal development in state education standards advanced out of a Senate Committee Monday. State Sen.

A new study shows oxygenation levels in the placenta, formed during the last three months of fetal development, are an important predictor of cortical growth (development of the outermost layer of the ...

Iowa lawmakers continue to push for their policy proposals in the 2025 legislative session. In a shortened week, lawmakers advanced a proposed constitutional amendment from the attorney general and ...

A growing number of lawmakers are proposing legislation to require fetal development education in public schools. Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...

Using a combination for spatial, single-cell transcriptomics and imaging data from 36 hearts, scientists from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and their collaborators have come up with what they ...

Thanks to advances in imaging and diagnostic technologies, clinicians can now detect many genetic disorders in the womb, ...

Bills to require schools to show fetal development videos are spreading. Credit: Science Photo Library/ Getty Images. The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to ...

The global fetal monitoring market is expected to witness steady growth at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 7 percent over the forecast period. This growth is driven by increasing ...

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