A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants' ...

Scientists discovered that common food emulsifiers consumed by mother mice altered their offspring’s gut microbiome from the ...

To take a pulse oximetry reading, turn on the device, place it on your fingertip, sit still, and wait for a stable reading. Normal oxygen saturation levels range from 95% to 100%; levels below 92% may ...

In a historic vote, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisers recommended narrowing the agency's hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns. The result, if approved by the ...

Doctors say the vaccine has been key to eliminating infections among children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee appears set to amend the childhood ...

Three days before U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials told ByHeart on Nov. 7 it was investigating botulism cases in babies that had been given the company’s infant formula, it was promoting an ...

Steve Carter grew up believing his life story was ordinary until a single website visit changed everything. In 2011, he casually browsed MissingKids.com and saw an age-progressed photo that looked ...

Rose Dexter was just a month old in August when she developed constipation, gas and tummy discomfort, symptoms that her pediatrician chalked up to normal baby development. “Looking back at the photos, ...

A maker of organic baby formula is recalling some of the product after federal officials linked it to a 10-state infant botulism outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 13 children have ...

Two months after she was born, Eliana Nachem got a cough that wouldn’t go away. Three weeks later, she also started having runny stool, prompting a visit to her pediatrician. Eliana didn’t have ...

Shelby Martin sensed something was different with her third pregnancy. She was feeling pains she'd never experienced before. Little did she know that she was carrying a record-breaking baby. “I didn’t ...