FDA approves first postpartum depression pill in the US

Source: CNN The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the medication zuranolone for the treatment of postpartum depression – making it the first FDA-approved oral pill in the United States specifically for postpartum depression, a serious mental illness that can develop in about 1 in 7 new mothers after childbirth. On Friday, the FDA announced that the treatment, […]

What to Know About Pregnancy, Breastfeeding & COVID-19

Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC) COVID-19 is a new disease and we are still learning how it spreads, the severity of illness it causes, and to what extent it may spread in the United States. Can COVID-19 be passed from a pregnant woman to the fetus or newborn? We still do not know if a […]