A tiny blood vessel that normally closes soon after birth is once again at the center of a major debate...

A newborn’s first breaths are among the most demanding moments in human life. Within seconds of delivery, fluid-filled fetal lungs...

A new immune atlas of the human endometrium is challenging one of reproductive biology’s most persistent assumptions: that the uterus...

Extreme heat is emerging as one of the most consequential—and least clearly defined—threats to pregnancy. A new systematic review and...

A study published in Pediatric Research reports that mesenteric blood flow—the circulation supplying the intestine—was similarly compromised in preterm neonates...

A new network meta-analysis is putting the pain of neonatal circumcision under an unusually precise scientific lens, comparing the local...

Abortion laws are often discussed as questions of rights, ethics and public policy, but they also create natural experiments in...

For babies born weeks before their due date, sleep is not simply a period of rest. It is an active...

A baby’s first teeth may become an unexpected archive of life inside a neonatal intensive care unit. A new study...

For infants who leave neonatal intensive care, the hospital discharge is not the end of a medical journey. It is...