Neonatal Medicine News

The contraction inhibitor atosiban prolonged labor in cases of threatened preterm birth beyond 30 weeks’ gestation but did not improve neonatal outcomes compared with placebo, researchers reported in The Lancet.

Newborns with congenital heart disease and their mothers may both face elevated risk for cancer compared with their counterparts not affected by congenital heart disease, according to study findings in Circulation.

Telelactation services significantly improved breastfeeding duration and exclusivity among Black mothers and showed promise in other populations, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The White House withdrew the nomination of David Weldon, MD, to be CDC director on Thursday morning, just hours before he was to appear before a Senate committee.

Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's found that using exclusion-based criteria to refer infants for genetic testing in the NICU led to more diagnoses and at earlier ages.

Senators questioned Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, about proposed NIH cuts to biomedical research, the safety of vaccines, and government transparency during his nomination hearing Wednesday to be the next director of the NIH.

Micro- and nanoplastics accumulate in preterm birth placentas, but not term placentas, and further investigation is needed to fully understand the impact on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes, findings show.

Despite decreased population-level hepatitis C virus screening in 2020, guidance to test all adults and during every pregnancy was associated with increased HCV screening for pregnant women, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Specific enterotypes of the gut microbiota in infants aged 1 month may have an impact on the likelihood for food sensitization to egg whites, according to results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.