A newborn was admitted to Nangarhar Regional Hospital in eastern Afghanistan in February last year with sepsis and birth asphyxia, needing a constant supply of oxygen to survive. Yet the oxygen plant ...

An infant in Wisconsin has died of measles, the first measles death in the state since 1990, officials reported Thursday. The ...

Mar. 14—Black babies in Montgomery County are born too early and too small — factors that contribute to dying before their first birthdays at a rate twice that of white babies. The higher poverty rate ...

Children whose mothers experience violence from a partner have a higher chance of dying before their fifth birthday, according to a major international study led by Curtin University. The research ...

GAUR, Nepal — The United States’ decision to slash its foreign aid program has led to an increase in deaths of pregnant women and babies in Nepal, The Associated Press has found. The decision by U.S.

An increase in newborn deaths is being linked to parents refusing a vitamin K injection at birth. The vitamin K shot, which helps blood to clot, is not a vaccine but is often conflated with the ...

LANCASTER — Amish families peer into Roberta Devers’ Honda Passport as she drives between prenatal checkups along the rolling hills of Lancaster County. They ask her increasingly frequent questions ...

American obstetrician Martin Couney saved thousands of babies in the early 20 th century thanks to his neonatal sideshow featuring baby incubators. Because New York City lacked neonatal care at the ...

GAUR, Nepal (AP) — The United States’ decision to slash its foreign aid program has led to an increase in deaths of pregnant women and babies in Nepal, The Associated Press has found. The decision by ...