A mother whose daughter was born prematurely in the NICU recently returned to spread some Christmas cheer to other NICU families going through a similarly scary time.
Montana voters rejected a ballot initiative during the midterm elections that would have mandated that infants who are born alive, including those who survive botched abortions, are legal persons entitled to life-saving medical care.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) posted updates Tuesday to safe sleep guidelines for infants, warning against using weighted blankets, among other advice.
Baby formula “production and distribution” at Abbott’s plant in Sturgis, Michigan, will likely be delayed “for a few weeks” after flooding Monday has led to setbacks, the company announced Tuesday.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pediatricians are urging parents not to feed babies homemade formula as the nationwide baby formula shortage worsens for helpless infants and their panicked parents. Pediatrician are offering alternatives as a lack of
The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed on Tuesday that machete-wielding men killed at least 15 residents of a displaced persons’ camp in eastern DRC on Monday night, including infants as young as six months old, Al Jazeera reported.
Police in Savannah, Georgia, have identified a suspect whom they say kidnapped two babies during a shooting, authorities said.
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill that mandates infants who survive an abortion receive appropriate medical care.
Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Adam Dodson is being hailed as a hero for saving a 20-day-old boy who stopped breathing.
Autopsy of an Indiana woman’s baby has confirmed that she died by overdosing on the methamphetamine suffusing her mother’s breast milk.
Almost four out of five UK nurseries ban children and infants from playing with toy weapons over fears it will encourage violence, a survey has found.
Participation in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) welfare program hit a 17-year low in 2017, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Two Florida mothers who overdosed on heroin were found lying unconscious in a car Thursday with a pair of babies in the back seat, police said.
A Seattle-sponsored analysis of the city’s $3 per hour minimum wage hike has found that it cost the average low-skilled worker $1,500 a year due to employers slashing hours.
A new study from the Imperial College London suggests the only way to stop the ongoing Zika virus epidemic in Latin America and the southern United States is to wait until everyone has been infected.
San Francisco could soon become the first city in the nation to provide both parents with six weeks of fully-paid parental leave after a birth or adoption.
Ohio man Joel Wright was arrested at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field on Friday on suspicion that he was traveling to Mexico to have sex with baby girls.
Police in Bryan County, Oklahoma, are investigating a day care center whose employees said they gave Benadryl to infants as young as six months old to make them sleep.
