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A large ECHO Cohort analysis associated several pregnancy urinary chemical biomarkers with modest shifts in gestational age and fetal growth measures. The observational findings did not establish causality.

Prenatal fish oil supplementation was associated with small differences in cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism at age 10. Cognitive and psychopathology outcomes showed no significant association.

ACOG released its first maternal immunization schedule formally diverging from federal vaccine recommendations, following its February 2026 withdrawal from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices over concerns about the committee’s scientific integrity.

The American Thyroid Association released updated evidence-based recommendations for thyroid disease in preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum, incorporating new trial data on LT4 treatment thresholds, TPOAb management, and ATD safety that diverge meaningfully from 2017 guidance.

In a small neuroimaging substudy of children exposed to prenatal stress during Superstorm Sandy, stronger early adaptive skills were associated with limbic activation patterns resembling unexposed peers.

Prenatal exposure to medications that inhibit sterol biosynthesis was associated with higher rates of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in a 6.14-million-record retrospective analysis.