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US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has quietly rescinded several internal policies that were designed to protect some of the…

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By 15 months, infants begin to learn new words for objects, even those they’ve never seen

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we’ve never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example,…

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Study identifies new method for improving lung growth and function in preterm infants

Adding two weeks of continuous positive airway pressure for preterm infants in the hospital substantially improves lung growth and function,…

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Who Will Care for Infants With H.I.V. Overseas?

The Trump administration has dismissed the few remaining health officials who oversaw care for some of the world’s most vulnerable…

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Meningococcal vaccine found to be safe and effective for infants in sub-Saharan Africa, study suggests

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine…

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Cold treatment does not appear to protect preterm infants from disability or death caused by oxygen loss

Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)…

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