NewsFeed
Headlines ASRM ESHRE FIGO ACOG Fertility and Sterility PCOS
September, 2026
September 2026
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  
Amos Grünebaum: A Growing Gap Between Heat Exposure Evidence and Public Health Messaging
Amos Grünebaum/LinkedIn
May 31, 2026, 13:03

Amos Grünebaum: A Growing Gap Between Heat Exposure Evidence and Public Health Messaging

Amos Grünebaum, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“A new Viewpoint in Pregnancy highlights a growing gap between what we know about heat exposure in pregnancy and what public health systems are actually communicating to pregnant women. The authors review mounting evidence linking extreme heat to preterm birth, stillbirth, hypertensive disorders, placental complications, fetal growth restriction, and other adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, while pointing out that most heat-health action plans still fail to identify pregnancy as a high-risk condition. They argue that climate-related heat exposure is increasingly becoming a maternal-fetal health issue, particularly in low-resource settings, yet public messaging and preventive strategies remain underdeveloped.

What stands out to me is that pregnancy is still often omitted from major heat vulnerability frameworks despite clear biologic plausibility and increasing epidemiologic evidence. If public health agencies can routinely warn elderly patients and people with chronic disease during heat waves, pregnant women should no longer remain an afterthought in climate-health planning.”

Title: Heat exposure in pregnancy: A gap between evidence and public health messaging

Authors: Carrie J. Ngongo, Tidiane Gadiaga, Pierre Zalagile Akilimali

Read the full article.

Amos Grünebaum: A Growing Gap Between Heat Exposure Evidence and Public Health Messaging

Stay updated on all scientific advances in the field of fertility with Fertility News.

Amos Grünebaum Carrie J. Ngongo Fertility Fertility News Fetal Growth Restriction health Hypertensive disorders OBGYN Pierre Zalagile Akilimali placental complications pregnant women preterm birth Public Health reproductive health Reproductive Medicine stillbirth Tidiane Gadiaga Women’s Health
NewsFeed