Erin Greene, played by Kate Siegel in “Midnight Mass”COURTESY OF NETFLIX In college, I used scary movies and books to challenge the monsters of my abuse-filled youth. As a 10-year-old and through my early teens, I was so convinced Freddy Krueger was trying to possess me, I slept with the light on and the door open. Out on my own as an undergraduate trying to … Continue reading How (and Why) a Horror Show Soothed My Pregnancy Loss

By Liz Szabo The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mothers have soared. Pregnant women with covid are five times as likely as uninfected pregnant people to require intensive care and 22 times as likely to die. Infected moms are four times as likely to have a stillborn child. Yet some of the pandemic’s greatest threats to infants’ health may not be … Continue reading Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys