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The June issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology includes a systematic review evaluating perinatal outcomes following intrauterine transfusion for fetal anemia secondary to fetal or placental tumor, a 7-year national cohort study reporting national epidemiological data on maternal cytomegalovirus infection during pregnancy in France and the impact of evolving screening and management practices, a prospective study assessing the predictive performance of the Fetal Medicine Foundation first-trimester screening algorithm for pre-eclampsia in pregnancies conceived by assisted reproductive technology, after ovulation induction or through spontaneous conception, and a prospective multicenter study reporting primary results of the CANNES trial comparing the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound, positron-emission tomography/computed tomography and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging for preoperative pelvic lymph node assessment in cervical cancer patients.

Prof. Kazuo Maeda, inventor of the Doppler fetal actocardiograph, has passed away at the age of 101.

The most recent Outreach trip to Luxor, Egypt successfully advanced trainee competencies and strengthened the local educator model, with a scope to improve care for local women and their babies.

A global effort through the International PCOS Network has changed the name of a significant women’s health condition that was misunderstood to be ‘all about ovarian cysts’.

Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal deaths worldwide, affecting more than 10 million women each year.