fetus

While most common infections do not directly reach a developing fetus, these pathogens can sometimes cross the placenta and cause a congenital infection.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

About 20 weeks into the pregnancy, the parents learned that the fetus had a severe heart defect.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Bush, who was arrested at Heathrow Airport after returning from a holiday in the US, was not charged with denying Ness's baby a burial because of the age of the fetus.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

It is considered the safest option for treating pain and fever in pregnant women, as other medications, including aspirin or ibuprofen, present proven risks to the fetus -- as do untreated fevers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

In the womb, the minihuman was expanded to the size of the fetus.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

“But it was very different. I had the orphanage, I had the legend of the fetuses and a ghost; and I had the devil live in the monastery.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Moms can transfer measles antibodies to their fetuses, and those can stick around for a few months after birth.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2026

Pregnant women typically take folate supplements to prevent neural tube defects in developing fetuses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025

The study found that PM2.5 exposure can influence the histone profiles of pregnant women, disrupting the normal balance of cytokine genes and leading to increased inflammation in both women and fetuses.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2024

In 1997 an archaeologist and a medical doctor with archaeological leanings identified them as human fetuses.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann