While no one plans to have a baby early, 1 in 10 babies are born prematurely, a rate that has remained persistently high over ...

ST. LOUIS — Jean Renaud became septic just weeks after she gave birth to her first child. “I ended up with appendicitis, and I could not nurse,” she said. Her pediatrician recommended her newborn get ...

The last trimester of pregnancy is a thrilling time for mothers because they will soon meet their baby. Although many preparations have been made, sometimes not everything can go according to plan.

This medical breakthrough involved intensive care for an infant born with TB, highlighting the challenges of mother-to-child ...

CHICAGO -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care ...

Any Monday morning, until the freeze sets in, nurses at the windows of Helsinki’s handsome, modern Children’s Clinic can see a pint-sized (under 5 ft.), boyish-looking man step briskly up the drive ...

A tiny Queensland warrior believed to be Australia’s most premature baby to survive and thrive could be the key to life for a ...

The 31 babies will be taken to Egypt for treatment, officials say. Israel’s push to seize Al-Shifa Hospital and a lack of power led doctors to warn that the infants were at particular risk. By Vivian ...