A surprising pregnancy trend is alarming health experts

Alcohol use during pregnancy increased in recent years, despite warnings that no amount has been proven safe.

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Pregnant women are drinking more, according to a newly published report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

The data sheds new light on one more aspect of public health in the U.S. that appears to be trending in the wrong direction, leaving serious developmental problems in its wake. Since 2020, more people say they are drinking while pregnant—a shift that coincided with a broadly observed rise in pandemic drinking, but one that appears to be lingering.

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