Health Mar 12 Watch 7:49 Detoxing after delivery: When babies are born withdrawing from opioids The number of American babies born going through withdrawal from prescription painkillers and heroin used by their mothers during pregnancy, a condition called Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, increased fivefold between 2000 and 2012. NewsHour's Alison Stewart explores the consequences of the… By Saskia de Melker, Melanie Saltzman
Health Jan 09 Watch 11:18 The opioid epidemic’s toll on pregnant women and their babies The risk for overdose from opioid painkillers and heroin among women, including pregnant women, has skyrocketed, which means a growing number of babies are born dependent on opioids. NewsHour Weekend Special correspondent Alison Stewart reports on the challenges for pregnant… By Melanie Saltzman, Saskia de Melker