Syracuse, NY – Syracuse obstetrician Dr. Frankie Brunson Quarles has treated thousands of Black pregnant women. For him, the recent spike in the Black baby death rate is a gut punch. Black babies die ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...