Q: I am an infant-toddler teacher and first-time mother. I’m reading your book, “Touchpoints: Birth to Three,” and I want to learn more about the assessment you use to evaluate a 9-month-old’s belief ...

When used alone, the physical assessment lacks sensitivity and specificity in identifying sepsis. A single assessment provides only a snapshot of information that must be viewed in context with the ...

The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is on its way up. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a nearly 3% rise in the rate of infant deaths between 2021 and 2022, ...

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It is estimated that among cases of sudden infant death, the incidence of infanticide due to intentional suffocation is less than 5%. 25,26 Although intentional suffocation with a soft object (e.g., a ...