The evidence indicates that non-invasive monitoring (near-infrared spectroscopy; NIRS) of oxygen in brain tissue likely does not reduce death rates or short-term brain problems for very premature ...

Research led by the Royal Women's Hospital, Australia, has found that early intratracheal administration of budesonide mixed with surfactant may have little to no effect on improving survival free of ...

Premature babies could have a better chance of survival - and be healthier long-term - thanks to innovative new technology. Doctors are developing an artificial womb that tries to replicate the ...

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COLORADO SPRINGS, (KRDO)--A long list of new laws that are now in effect in Colorado. One of which is providing an added sense of security to parents who give birth to premature children. Across the ...

These New Year's Day babies are among the first born in the year Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in theGrio, ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Mission Health is helping babies in its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) celebrate their first Christmas. The hospital released photos of babies in the NICU wearing ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

She was born about the size of a cellphone. At just 23 weeks, baby Bi’Laynie became the smallest surviving baby born in the Memorial Healthcare System. Eight months after doctors were fighting minute ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Lauren Hildebrant is a busy mother, sharing her two children — 2-year-old Sutton and 6-month-old LakeLynn — with her husband Mitch. She says, due to family history, she thought ...