Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A first-time mom’s lighthearted TikTok video demonstrating her decision not to allow close relatives to kiss her newborn sparked a ...

A multi-center study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children's sheds new light on why some newborns become severely ill from Escherichia coli infection, but others do not. It turns out that most ...

Montana State University students published a paper alongside Duke University researchers in the Journal of Pediatric ...

I got a blood test as a newborn that changed the course of my life forever. The test, part of newborn screening performed on babies across the U.S. led to my being diagnosed with a rare inherited ...

Although it may seem too good to be true, giving babies a dose of vitamin K shortly after birth can nearly eliminate (97%) ...

A nurse discovered the horrific mistake when she went to make a drink and noticed it had 'a very bad taste'.

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Editor’s Note: A video was removed from this article because it inadvertently included private information about patients. We regret the error. AUSTIN (KXAN ...

Scotland has become the first part of the UK to test newborn babies for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). The rare genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit ...

Six babies died in Binghamton General Hospital with ten others ill, four of them seriously, and it was all down to an accidental substitution of salt for sugar in the babies' formulas.