Infant mortality Stories
- A surrogate refused a baby’s parents’ wish for an abortion after finding out the unborn boy had a heart defect. Now she is calling on people to love them for their decision ultimately to "choose...
- Doctors in Canada perform historic in-utero heart surgery on unborn baby.
- Smoking weed throughout pregnancy can triple the odds of having an infant with low birth weight.
- Researchers at the University of Montreal identify five most common antibiotics linked to risk of miscarriage during early pregnancy.
- A team of doctors in Venezuela capture a baby coming out of mother's abdomen during a "gentle C-section" in graphic video.
- Researchers identify the 11 European countries with the highest drinking rates among pregnant women.
- A boy in China is born with "two faces" due to a rare birth defect.
- Women exposed to secondhand smoke risk poor fetal brain development, even before conception.
- A man in Australia is saving the lives of two million babies all over the world from Rhesus disease.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently updated its recommendations to help prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- Reggaeton singer Wisin reveals newborn daughter's rare genetic disorder, trisomy 13, and the physical and emotional consequences that have come with it.
- Before you completely rule out "designer babies," here's how gene-editing technology may actually be beneficial.