Abortion laws stand between pregnant Texans and the care they need
Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.
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Doctors are left to guess at whether helping their patients will land them in prison.
“I think it's a much bigger trend that's going to become obvious pretty quickly,” one Texas doctor said.
Texas' C-section rate affects every woman planning to have a baby. Here's what you need to know.
Healthcare officials have been closely following the use of treatments such as convalescent plasma, which uses blood donated by people who have recovered from COVID-19 to help patients. “Now they’re looking to see if breast milk is another option to gain those antibodies, especially when we talk about the vaccine," Combs said. "We don’t vaccinate young children because it hasn’t been studied in them yet. Whereas maybe antibodies from breastmilk might be an option for treatment for the newborn babies." Combs encourages new mothers who have contracted COVID-19 to keep breastfeeding thei...