Data released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a troubling trend: a sharp rise in the number of pregnant women diagnosed with syphilis, a sexually transmitted ...

Early-onset neonatal bacterial infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in preterm newborns. It is most often caused by ascending infection via the maternal genital tract.

Pregnant women with HIV need targeted interventions and improved care to combat these adverse outcomes. Perinatal outcomes were found to be worse in pregnant women who had a diagnosed HIV infection, ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet’s eClinical Medicine, researchers evaluated the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on family-centered care (FCC) practices for ...

(HealthDay News) — The estimated annual number of perinatal HIV-infected infants born in the United States decreased from 2002 to 2013, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Allan W.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Associations varied for exposures due to treatment for pain or for opioid use disorder. Neonatal abstinence ...

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association explores the intricate relationship between prenatal opioid exposure (POE) and the subsequent risk of immune-related conditions in ...

A new study has found that exposing babies to prescription opioids, such as oxycodone, methadone and codeine, while they’re in the womb can increase their risk of developing immune-related conditions ...

The hepatitis B vaccine has emerged as the latest flashpoint as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to cast doubt on the safety of vaccines. The vaccine is routinely given to babies ...