57 h. ago Nobody Wants This star Justine Lupe: ‘Acting while pregnant was a really healing experience’

The scene-stealing star of Netflix’s culture-clash romcom talks to Katie Rosseinsky about her character Morgan’s new trajectory for season two, starting over in her thirties and why she wanted to open up about her experiences of filming while expecting her first child

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60 h. ago Nobody Wants This’s Justine Lupe: ‘Acting while pregnant was a really healing experience’

The scene-stealing star of Netflix’s culture-clash romcom talks to Katie Rosseinsky about her character Morgan’s new trajectory for season two, starting over in her thirties and why she wanted to open up about her experiences of filming while expecting her first child

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3 d. ago NHS and UKHSA urges pregnant women to 'act now' before they give birth

Health experts have stressed it could save your baby's life

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3 w. ago ‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnancy is not like my others. I have not been allowed to feel the joy I felt last time, to plan for the future and dream about where my child will go to school and how to decorate his room. In Gaza these days, I can only wonder whether I can find food to keep my baby healthy and how it will be to give birth in a tent.The natural joys I felt for the births of my daughter and son have been overwhelmed by depression, fear and anxiety because of this continuing genocide. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Reclusive Anna Kournikova steps out in Miami with pregnant tennis sex symbol, 44, looking well after health scare

ANNA KOURNIKOVA showed off her baby bump on the streets of Miami - not long after suffering a health scare. The former tennis star was seen with her son Nicholas after a day at school. Kournikova sported a casual look, pairing black leggings with a lowcut grey jumper. It hid her growing baby bump, with...

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3 w. ago Tylenol faces fresh backlash as historic tweet advising pregnant women not to take drug is discovered

President Trump earlier this week sparked widespread panic after claiming the painkiller may cause autism, repeatedly saying 'if you're pregnant, don't take Tylenol'.

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3 w. ago WHO rejects Trump’s claims of link between Tylenol and autism

Body says research has found ‘no consistent association’ and urges pregnant women to follow doctors’ adviceThe World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing back against contested claims by the Trump administration that acetaminophen use during pregnancy heightens the risk of autism, further underscoring that no scientific consensus supports such a connection.“Extensive research, including large-scale studies over the past decade, has found no consistent association,” the agency said in a Wednesday statement. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Wes Streeting rejects Trump claim linking paracetamol and autism

Health secretary joins medical experts in urging pregnant women to ignore US president’s remarksWes Streeting has rejected Donald Trump’s unproven claims of a link between taking paracetamol in pregnancy and autism, urging mothers-to-be to ignore the US president’s remarks.The health secretary challenged Trump’s statements, which medical experts have stressed are not based on evidence, as part of a drive to reassure mothers-to-be in the UK. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Outcry as Donald Trump claims using paracetamol when pregnant strongly raises the risk of autism

The President (pictured, with US health secretary Robert F Kennedy) insisted pregnant women 'have a responsibility' to endure pain instead of taking the drug.

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4 w. ago Trump attacks Tylenol as officials unveil highly contentious conclusions on autism

President says acetaminophen – also known as paracetamol - increases risk when taken by pregnant women, assertion contradicted by researchThe Trump administration unveiled highly contentious conclusions about the causes of autism, together with a push for research purporting to find a possible “cure” for the condition on Monday.After months of widely trumpeted investigations spearheaded by the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump announced that pregnant women should limit their use of acetaminophen, usually branded as Tylenol in the US or paracetamol elsewhere, which he claimed heightens the risk of autism when it used by pregnant women, an assertion hotly contested by scientists internationally and contradicted by studies. Continue reading...

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