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Racial discrimination and bias are painful realities and increasingly recognized as detrimental to the health of adults and children. These stressful experiences also appear to be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, altering…

A doctor vaccinates an infant against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in a treatment room of her paediatric practice.Swen Pförtner | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday recommended …

CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a vaccine from Pfizer that protects infants from respiratory syncytial virus, the leading cause of hospitalization among babies in the U.S.Pfizer's…

A British nurse is being called the worst child serial killer in modern British history. Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse in a British hospital, attacked and killed the most vulnerable infants in her care for at least a year.Letby was convicted…

There is a lot of parental anxiety around baby's sleep. (Image: Shutterstock)Parents often worry that their kids don’t nap as much as expected for their age or nap too frequently and for too longInfants who nap a lot may have smaller…

The dietary limitation depends from place to place and also depends from person to person as well. (Image: Shutterstock)When compared to children of mothers in high-fibre intake groups, children of mothers in low-fibre intake groups were…

Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria, responsible for vaginal and urinary tract infections and newborn infections including meningitis and septicemia. Optical microscopy view.Cavallini James | BSIP | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesPfizer…

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a shot to protect infants and vulnerable toddlers against respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., offering one of the first protections for an illness that fills children’s hospitals year…

Blood sample for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) testJarun011 | Istock | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved AstraZeneca and Sanofi's shot that protects infants and toddlers against respiratory syncytial virus,…

A new national study, led by researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, has found whole genome sequencing (WGS) to be nearly twice as effective as a targeted gene sequencing test at identifying abnormalities responsible for genetic…