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In Skelton’s study, this stigma often prevented mothers from seeking prenatal care or communicating with their provider, which is known to have negative impacts on outcomes like birthweight.

People who chose to get pregnant despite the threat posed by the new disease were less likely to give birth prematurely and their newborns were less likely to experience low birthweight.

Not only does heat stress decrease the number of lambs born, but it can also reduce lamb birthweight by between 0.6-1.4kg.

"If the effects of birthweight are accounted for, economic losses could increase to $168 million under our current climate, and $203 million and $278 million for the 1°C and 3°C temperature scenarios, respectively," Associate Professor van Wettere says.

Dr. Sassa and colleagues studied this holiday effect with a focus on birth, especially high-risk births as measured by babies born preterm and/or with a low birthweight.