Infant

Babies and children need vitamins, including vitamin B-12, to help their brains and bodies develop and grow. Babies get B-12 from their mothers and can have low levels of B-12 if their mothers had low vitamin levels during pregnancy and…

COVID-19 caused an alarming surge in premature births, but vaccines were key to returning the early birth rate to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of California birth records. "The effect of maternal COVID infection from the…

A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children's clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December 2, 2022. Heiko Becker | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Over the past decades, Brazil has become the world's leading soybean producer, as well as the leading consumer of pesticides. Despite concerns about potential public health consequences, little is known about the effects of pesticide…

Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most beneficial nutrition for infants, but many families face medical or logistical challenges in breastfeeding. In the U.S., just 45% of infants continue to be exclusively breastfed at 3 months of…

Producers of infant formula employ comprehensive food safety systems, including product testing to ensure those systems are working. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that some testing methods are more…

A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children's clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December 2, 2022. Heiko Becker | ReutersThe first shot that protects all infants against…

Among nearly 10 million US infants born between 2016 and 2018, breastfed babies were 33% less likely to die during the post-perinatal period (day 7-364) than infants who were not breastfed, reports a new study in the American Journal of…

New mothers can expect sleep deprivation in the first few years of baby's life. But too little sleep can take a toll on the health of both mother and child. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at maternal and…

A doctor is injecting a vaccine to a baby boyKarl Tapales | Moment | Getty ImagesSanofi expects its infant RSV shot to roll out in the U.S. before respiratory virus season this fall, a company spokesperson said Friday.The Food and Drug…