maternal
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She now plays for a team that prioritizes maternal support.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Ms. Saxbe uncovers clues about how maternal and paternal brains are restructured by childbirth, correlated to a “stronger attunement” with infants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
In the vastly underfunded space of women’s healthcare, which captures less than 6% of private investment, almost 90% of capital goes toward funding initiatives for reproductive health, maternal care and cancers that primarily affect women.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026
In other words, human evolution may have reached a point where further improvements to the biological "hardware" supporting language would have come at too great a cost to maternal and infant survival.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
I probably needed a diaper change, but to all the grown-ups it sounded like I was calling my maternal grandmother by name.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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