In a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers provide additional evidence that COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect babies younger than 6 months from being hospitalized due to ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Maternal intake of folic acid before and during early pregnancy is the most effective way to prevent spina bifida and anencephaly in infants—two global neural tube defect disorders that are severe, disabling, and often ...
May 24, 2022
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A new study published in The Lancet estimates that RSV-attributable acute lower respiratory infection was responsible for more than 100,000 deaths in children under five across the globe in 2019. The study is the first to ...
May 20, 2022
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A new Liverpool-led global evidence review, commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), provides further evidence that food marketing is associated with the increased intake of junk food in children.
May 9, 2022
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Parents and children who were separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy have shown lasting psychological trauma—even after being reunited, a new study finds.
Nov 25, 2021
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Female nurses are roughly twice as likely to commit suicide than the general female population and 70% more likely than female physicians, according to a University of Michigan study examining suicide among physicians and ...
Apr 14, 2021
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Spanking may affect a child's brain development in similar ways to more severe forms of violence, according to a new study led by Harvard researchers.
Apr 12, 2021
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An international collaboration between Great Ormond Street Hospital, the UCL GOS Institute for Child Health and Harvard Medical School has shown that the beneficial effects of gene therapy can be seen decades after the transplanted ...
Mar 17, 2021
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A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumors, has shown promising early results in children with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer.
Nov 25, 2020
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Doctors in Japan have successfully transplanted liver cells derived from embryonic stem cells into a newborn baby, in a world first that could provide new treatment options for infants.
May 21, 2020
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