The FDA on Friday granted accelerated approval to elamipretide (Forzinity) as the first treatment for the ultra-rare Barth syndrome, which affects approximately 150 Americans. Elamipretide once-daily ...

Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about. Credit...Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas Supported by By Emily Baumgaertner ...

Black infants died at a rate of 10.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, the CDC said. Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still persist ...

Before having kids, many couples have a general sense of how they split their household chores. Maybe one partner cooks dinner and walks the dog, maybe the other cleans up and runs errands. But how ...

A New Mexico teen accused of killing her newborn and abandoning him in a hospital bathroom trashcan had a major victory in court. The state's Supreme Court postponed Alexee Trevizo's August 6 ...

Amid record-breaking heat waves, doctors caution that some of the most vulnerable people dying from extreme heat — infants — can easily get overlooked. Last week, a 4-month-old child died after ...

She developed one of the first modern intensive care units for premature babies, helping newborns to breathe with lifesaving new treatments. By Randi Hutter Epstein Dr. Mildred Thornton Stahlman, a ...

Data shows extended noise exposure damages auditory and cognitive development. A new study published in the journal Sleep Medicine analyzed existing data about sound levels of white noise machines and ...

A Texas law that banned abortions in early pregnancy is associated with a stark increase in infant and newborn deaths, a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics found. Lawmakers passed Texas Senate ...

Project WATCH is a grant funded by the West Virginia Department of Health. Nearly 1 in 12 newborns in the United States in 2020 – or about 300,000 infants – were exposed to alcohol, opioids, marijuana ...