“Isn’t the DockATot not safe for sleeping?” a friend with a newborn texted me. She followed up with multiple pictures of knockoff baby loungers, similar to the DockATot, offered by different ...

Infant mortality in the US has been generally trending down since at least 1995, when consistent tracking started, but rates are still much higher in the US than they are in many peer nations. There ...

Parents familiar with safe sleep guidelines know that babies should sleep on a flat surface, without any pillows, stuffed animals, or blankets. But there are still a plethora of pillowlike items ...

The increases were particularly stark among babies born to Native American, Alaska Native and white mothers in 2022. Rates among Black infants remained highest of all. By Roni Caryn Rabin The number ...

Bobbie, an organic infant formula company, has acquired Nature’s One, a 26-year-old pediatric nutrition company, in a move that gives Bobbie end-to-end control over formula manufacturing through a new ...

The number of babies hospitalized with infant botulism has increased. A total of 51 infants have now been hospitalized amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a type of severe illness caused by botulinum ...

The investigation into the multistate infant botulism outbreak is ongoing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent warning letters to major retailers including Albertsons, Kroger, Target and ...

The U.S. is in the grips of a botulism outbreak tied to a premium infant formula brand. Dozens of babies have been affected as of November 19. All the reported cases of the paralyzing bacterial ...

While childhood leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children, leukemia in children younger than a year old is very rare. In fact, only about 160 infants in the United States are diagnosed ...

A leading microbiologist urges regulators to set exposure limits for cereulide after infant formula recalls highlight the ...

It costs nearly $300,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18 in the U.S., according to a recent LendingTree study, which included cost estimates for necessities like housing, child care, food and ...