St. Joseph Medical Center’s neonatal intensive care unit in Downtown Houston is caring for some of the region’s most fragile ...

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning about using probiotic products for preterm infants due to potentially fatal health risks. The news comes weeks after the agency announced it was ...

More than one in 10 infants worldwide are born preterm, many with complications: Nearly 1 million die each year. This is the single largest cause of death in children around the world before their ...

(CNN) — Being rushed to a hospital nearly two hours away, in the middle of a dangerous spring storm – with fear in her heart and amniotic fluid leaking down her leg – was not how Ashley O’Neil ...

July 8 (Reuters) - Similac baby formula maker Abbott (ABT.N), opens new tab is expected to face a trial on Monday over claims that its formula for preterm infants used in neonatal intensive care units ...

One in 10 babies in the U.S.—nearly 374,000 infants—were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15% were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks. A ...

The U.S. has landed another poor grade when it comes to preterm births, with festering disparities in outcomes for Black and Native women that are life-threatening, according to a new annual report.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning health care providers and the public about injuries and at least one death in premature infants who were given probiotic products in the hospital. The ...