Delayed cord clamping ‘best treatment’ for cutting preterm infant mortality
Preterm infants are 32% less likely to die with delayed versus immediate umbilical cord clamping, according to Australian researchers who say their findings will inform…
Preterm infants are 32% less likely to die with delayed versus immediate umbilical cord clamping, according to Australian researchers who say their findings will inform…
Pertussis vaccination during pregnancy reduces the risk of infection in infants by 65%, with no evidence that the ‘blunting’ effects of maternal antibodies compromise infant…
“This was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder … There was a deep malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions.” These were…
Canadian doctors have reported two cases of congenital SARS-CoV-2 infection, including the first instance of the virus being cultivated directly from placental tissue. Both infants…
A US infant might be the next Houdini after escaping, unscathed, from both a double and a single ‘true’ knot in the umbilical cord upon…
Extremely preterm and very preterm infants delivered via classical caesarean section are at no greater risk of complications than those delivered by the low transverse…
Immunisation with a tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis vaccine during pregnancy can protect the youngest infants from pertussis, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics. Epidemiologist…
The TGA has urged pregnant women to avoid pregabalin after a study linked the drug to a higher risk of major congenital malformations. The regulator…
Siblings of infants who died of SIDS are four times more likely to die of SIDS themselves, compared with newborns with no family history, data…
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for maternal death, maternal morbidities and neonatal morbidity, according to research published in BMJ Global…
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