Infant mortality in the U.S. went up 3% between 2021 and 2022, according to a CDC report published Nov. 1. It’s the first time the rate has gone up year over year since 2001-2002. The neonatal ...

Background: Congenital syphilis (CS), the transmission of Treponema pallidum from mother to fetus during pregnancy, can cause adverse birth outcomes. In 2012 to 2014, the CS rate in California ...

"What we found was that the infants at 9 months who were reported to be fussier had a harder time adapting, more difficulty sleeping and more delays in achieving developmental milestones were more ...

Fathers who take at least two weeks of leave after their child's birth are significantly more likely to report their partners were breastfeeding for longer, according to new research. The study, led ...

Although clinicians have traditionally used the Finnegan Neonatal Abstinence Scoring Tool to assess the severity of neonatal opioid withdrawal, a newer function-based approach — the Eat, Sleep, ...