S. Korea: Babies born last year are expected to live 82.7 years
- 01-Dec-2023
Babies born in South Korea last year are expected to live 82.7 years, down from 83.6 years in 2021, the statistics agency said on Friday, after life expectancy fell in 2022 for the first time since 1970, hit by a spike in deaths linked to COVID-19. Following a global trend of such declines over the […]
COVID caused brain damage in 2 babies infected during pregnancy
- 07-Apr-2023
Researchers at the University of Miami reported on Thursday what they believe are the first two confirmed cases in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Covid) crossed a mother’s placenta and caused brain damage in the infants they were carrying. Doctors previously had suspected this was possible, but until now, there was no direct evidence of COVID-19 […]
Elephants feel more stressed when lonely: study proves
- 20-Mar-2022
Researchers have proven that male elephants that live in groups feel less stressed and female elephants feel less stressed when they are surrounded by their babies, Daily Mail reported. Scientists from the University of Turku studied elephants in Myanmar to see how sociability among elephants affects their stress levels. According to the results gathered by […]
Babies of vaccinated moms have COVID antibodies at 6 months
- 08-Feb-2022
At six months of age, babies born to mothers vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy are more likely to have antibodies against the virus in their blood than babies born to unvaccinated mothers who were infected while pregnant, a small study suggests. Researchers on Monday reported in JAMA on 28 six-month-old infants born to women who were vaccinated […]
Nurse accused of murdering eight babies, attempting to kill 10 others faces court
- 11-May-2021
The case was adjourned to May 17
Parents who obsessively clean homes to protect babies might want to relax a bit!
- 19-Feb-2020
New parents who obsessively clean their homes to protect babies from germs might want to relax a bit, suggests a new study linking high exposure to cleaning products with an increased risk of childhood asthma
‘Babies-for-sale’ scheme shocks all!
- 26-Dec-2019
Patvakanyan accused the detained chief gynaecologist, Razmik Abramyan, and other doctors of pressuring her to give up her daughter Stella
Among babies and pregnant mothers, a death every 11 seconds
- 19-Sep-2019
A baby or a pregnant woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world
Rich Russians flock to Florida to deliver American babies
- 25-Jan-2019
So-called ‘birth tourism’ to the United States isn’t just popular with Russians. Expectant Chinese parents have for years travelled to California.
Babies’ brain development may not depend on sleeping through the night- Study
- 15-Nov-2018
Infants who don’t sleep through the night don’t seem to be at higher risk for cognitive or motor development problems, a Canadian study suggests. Deciding when or whether to train infants to sleep through the night is one of the most fraught issues new parents face, with some previous research suggesting that insufficient sleep may […]