Researchers observed a 13% increase in the percentage of infants delivered preterm from 2014 to 2023, from 7.74 to 8.71% among all births.

Metabolic disruptions linked PM2.5 to early birth in African American mothers * Cortexolone and lysoPE(20:3) found to mediate ...

Objectives Preterm births (PTBs) represent significant health risks, and several studies have found associations between high outdoor temperatures and PTB. We estimated both the total and natural ...

hsph.harvard.edu Background Severe stressors can induce preterm birth (PTB; gestation <37 weeks), with such stressors including social and economic threats, interpersonal violence, hate crimes and ...

Whenever possible, extreme preterm birth should be managed in a maternity facility co-located with a designated neonatal intensive care unit. Neonatal stabilisation may be considered for babies born ...

Thousands of people, mostly children, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico have contracted the vaccine-preventable disease this ...

Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) was recommended to start immmediately after birth as routine care for all preterm or LBW newborns (except for critically ill infants who are in shock, unable to breath ...

Germany cDepartment of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Medical Centre of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany dInstitute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Centre of ...

A new study found exposure to specific tiny particles in air pollution during pregnancy are associated with increased risk of various negative birth outcomes.