Black children conceived through in vitro or other fertility methods may be at risk of developing fatal health complications, a new study from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention found. The ...

A new study conducted in Australia may have identified why babies die from the heartbreaking and mysterious condition of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. Researchers are calling the small ...

For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public ...

Public health officials in Mississippi recently declared a crisis around infant mortality. Too many babies are dying. Officials are working to help pregnant moms get access to better prenatal care.

Mississippi has declared a public health emergency after infant deaths in the state surged to their highest level in 15 years. Latest data showed 323 babies died in the state before their first ...

The situation at Al-Shifa Hospital appears to be beyond catastrophic. A photo released by a hospital doctor shows premature babies taken out of incubators and kept closely together to stay warm.

More than nine in ten babies in the UK are born in hospital, but rates of home births are rising. Advocates say there are many advantages to delivery outside a medical setting: You’re in the comfort ...

The state of Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency on an issue that is tragic for many families - infant mortality. The state has some of the highest rates in the nation. NPR's Katia ...