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The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and its members continue to support the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommended childhood vaccine schedule. Continue Reading
SMFM launches its first annual High-Risk Pregnancy Awareness Week, June 1-8, a campaign to raise awareness among expectant parents and families, policymakers, researchers, and the public about high-risk pregnancies and the critical role that MFM subspecialists play in managing complex pregnancies. Continue Reading
HDPs, including preeclampsia, superimposed preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome, and eclampsia, are the leading cause of maternal and infant illness and death in the United States. Continue Reading
The 130+ undersigned medical, nursing, public health, and patient advocacy groups express our deep concern about the revised charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) published on April 9. Continue Reading
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine is pleased to announce this year’s awards presented at the SMFM 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™ in Las Vegas, NV. Continue Reading
SMFM and its members are deeply concerned by recent developments that threaten to further weaken the public health infrastructure clinicians depend on to protect patients—especially pregnant people and their newborns. Continue Reading
In just a few weeks, SMFM will welcome experts, researchers, students, and healthcare professionals in obstetrics Marvin Williams, DOPoster Chair to the 2026 Pregnancy Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am proud to share that we have an impressive research lineup! As Dr. Allison Bryant shared... Continue Reading
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and the Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG) are deeply troubled by the inaccurate and misleading information regarding vaccines and autism recently posted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website. Continue Reading
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) is pleased to announce that Jerasimos Ballas, MD, MPH; Catherine S. Eppes, MD, MPH; Moeun Son, MD, MSCI; and Sarahn M. Wheeler, MD, MHSc, have been elected to the SMFM Board. Continue Reading
AAP, ACP, APHA, IDSA, MPHA, SMFM, and a pregnant physician, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to defend vaccine policy, and to put an end to the Secretary’s assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine. Continue Reading
By Brenna L. Hughes, MD, MSc, and Naima T. Joseph, MD In late February 2025, the first confirmed measles-related death in the United States in a decade was reported when an unvaccinated school-aged child in West Texas died. A second measles-related death of a child in Texas is under... Continue Reading
The following is a statement from the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine President Sindhu Srinivas, MD, MSCE: “The recent mass firing of US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) staff, the reduction in the public health infrastructure, the elimination of vital public health... Continue Reading
