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The FDA approved zuranolone for postpartum depression in August, and the drug recently hit the market for patients this month. Experts are celebrating its delivery of care and rapid response rate.

Staff shortages and falling birth rates were cited by UMass Health as the driving forces behind the move.

Perinatal mental health conditions are the leading cause of maternal mortality or pregnancy-related death in the United States. UMass Chan researchers Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, and Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, have spearheaded creation of new resources to help obstetric care clinicians identify and care for patients with mental health conditions.

Pairing attorneys with an urban ob/gyn clinic is improving the lives of women and their babies, a new study has found.

The study followed more than 145,000 women and their children across the United States for up to 14 years.

According to a new study, "checking in" with expectant couples could reduce risk factors associated with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

Apurv Soni and co-workers study child undernutrition in India during implementation of the National Rural Health Mission.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester received a $5-million gift from alumni Donna and Robert Manning, the latter of whom chairs the UMass Board of Trustees.

Apurv Soni and co-workers study child undernutrition in India during implementation of the National Rural Health Mission.

Apurv Soni and co-workers study child nutrition and developmental outcomes in India.