Researchers have assessed 33 infants born to mothers with COVID-19, including three who were likely born with the disease, a finding that may lead to early diagnosis and better treatment for the youngest population at risk of infection.
Baby cereal consumers were found to be less likely to have inadequate intakes of iron, calcium and vitamin E -- important nutrients for an infant's development.
A woman allegedly killed her four-month-old son before ending her own life in Givana Guliyan village in Bhagpat over a family dispute, police said on Sunday.
The Congress on Wednesday held the BJP government in Gujarat responsible for the death of over 15,000 infants during treatment at newborn care units across the state in the last two years.
A 3-day-old girl who was stabbed with a sharp weapon in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur district a day after she was born died while undergoing treatment at Indore's MY Hospital, a senior health official said on Friday.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo wrote: "Congress leaders visit Uttar Pradesh quite frequently to shed crocodile tears. However, it is unfortunate that she did not think once even to give some time to wipe tears of those mothers who have lost their little ones in Kota.
A spate of infant deaths in Rajasthan continues as the toll mounted to 117 after 10 newborns in Bundi lost their lives, causing havoc for the health ministry in the Ashok Gehlot-led government.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Rajasthan government over the death of more than 100 infants at a state-run hospital in Kota since the beginning of December, officials said on Friday.
According to Union health ministry officials, a preliminary probe has suggested that over 70 per cent of important equipment, including infusion pumps, warmers, oxymeters, nebulisers, meant for newborns, were not in a working condition at the JK Lon hospital and there was a paucity of staff in the paediatrics department.
The Centre will send a high-level team comprising experts from AIIMS, Jodhpur and health economists to a government hospital in Rajasthan's Kota, where 100 infants died in December, to assess the infrastructural gaps and measures to be taken to prevent further deaths.
The study found that children's daily screen time increased from 53 minutes at age 12 months to more than 150 minutes at 3 years old.
The incident happened on Saturday in Titawi police station area, they said. Police said the monkey was on the terrace while the baby boy was in the ground floor with his parents
Community-based health programmes in parts of India, Ethiopia and Nigeria have been successful in improving health care for mothers and newborns, but inequities still exist, says a new study.
A four-month-old child died and five others were injured in a fire that broke out at a private hospital at L.B. Nagar in Hyderabad on Monday, police said.
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On October 8, Max Hospital, Patparganj informed the police that a woman had come to the facility to admit her five-month-old boy, but the infant was declared "brought dead".
An open manhole in Gurugram's sector 31 area claimed the life of a 10-month-old infant, police said on Tuesday. The infant was playing with his 15-year-old brother on the pavement of a road. The deceased's grandfather Tek Chand said that he runs a stall on the road where the infant was crawling near the uncovered manhole and fell inside.
A four-month-old boy died after his drunk father slammed him on the ground following an argument with his wife at a village in the district.
A three-and-a-half-month-old infant girl in Kolkata was killed by her father who threw her to the ground repeatedly, twisted her arms and disfigured her face, police said on Friday.
"I hurriedly reached at the ward and found the AC system was out of order which had resulted in abnormal indoor temperature," an official said
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