Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is ...

In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...

DNA analysis of newborns can detect many more preventable or treatable health problems than standard newborn screening does, a new study shows. Genome sequencing identified 120 babies with serious and ...

Women exposed to agricultural pesticides, even before becoming pregnant, may be putting their newborn's health at risk. A new ...

The link between proximity to greenspace — including trees and parks— and healthy birth outcomes is well established. Now new data from researchers at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public ...

How safe is close contact with newborns in their first weeks? Evidence from clinical case studies also supports the ...

Climate change increases risks to pregnancy and newborn health through heat, pollution, and environmental stressors that ...

Elizabeth Reynolds talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about All About Baby classes at Carle Health. Learn about the All About Baby classes offered by Carle Health, designed to help new and ...

I got a blood test as a newborn that changed the course of my life forever. The test, part of newborn screening performed on babies across the U.S. led to my being diagnosed with a rare inherited ...

Mother says medical records don’t reflect her birth experience; hospital says it works with regulatory agencies to strengthen ...