Newborn

Newborn babies in England to be tested for SMA

All newborn babies in England will be tested for the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as part of a…

2 weeks ago

Inside Gaza hospital struggling to provide care to newborn babies

The director of one of Gaza's main hospitals says he is still seeing a pattern of malnourished and traumatised mothers…

6 months ago

Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns

According to the UN human rights office (OHCHR), more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed since 7 October 2023, when…

8 months ago

Health teams brave war conditions in Sudan to save newborn babies

Under shelling and gunfire, Esraa cradled her newborn son. As the war in Sudan broke out in April 2023, she…

2 years ago

Gut health: Baby poo study helps map newborn microbiome

Dr Yan Shao, from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: "By analysing the high-resolution genomic information from over 1,200 babies, we…

2 years ago

Newborn twins killed in Gaza as father went to register birth

“I don’t know what happened,” he said. “I am told it was a shell that hit the house.”"I didn't even…

2 years ago