Certain melodies promote brain development in premature infants. For several years, a team of scientists have observed this ...

Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed the Strong Foundations Act into law, which aims to address Ohio’s infant mortality crisis ...

The experience of parenting a challenging baby—alert, hard to soothe, harder to settle—is fundamentally different from ...

When it comes to your child, you can never be too safe. That's why one researcher is leading a new study to improve child ...

The proportion of babies dying before and during labor after 41 weeks of gestation has fallen by 47% in Sweden in a relatively short time. This is the result of a major national study. The reduction ...

Mother-to-child HBV transmission was effectively prevented by earlier initiation of TDF prophylaxis in pregnancy combined with HBV vaccination at birth for infants.

A lot of baby gear can be garish — bright colors and eye-popping designs stimulate a child’s development but might not fit your more subdued home aesthetic. Baby play mats, with their large ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental ...

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is not a new respiratory virus, however, there have been many cases of infections reported in ...

As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly classics and modern thrills for young readers.

Welcome to the world, wee ones. The first local babies born in 2025 entered the world a few hours after midnight, though a few arrived in their own sweet time. Some of the families didn’t want ...

It’s then that reproductive organs can be used to make a baby. Hormones give you a growth spurt, telling you to get taller. Males get broader and females develop breasts, and it can all be a bit ...