Vaginal seeding, a process where C-section babies are swabbed with the mother's vaginal fluid after birth, restores beneficial bacteria.
Health records from mothers and their newborns can help predict how premature babies will fare in their first two months of life.
Babies can form memories of faces, even when they're masked, and can recognize those faces when the masks come off.
The most popular items in the baby food aisle share a concerning ingredient: They likely contain toxic metals.
A new study offers more evidence that breast milk of people vaccinated against COVID protects infants too young to receive the vaccine.
New research uses income and other data to clarify maternal and infant health in the US. The findings point to structural racism in health care.
Molecules in breast milk may protect infants from developing food allergies and eczema, researchers report.
Progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with white women has also stalled.
"...we need to think beyond the immediate goal of a healthy infant in our arms and address the long-term implications of climate change on reproductive health."
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