Neonatal Medicine News

A study of more than 14,000 febrile infants found that UTIs, bacteremia and bacterial meningitis were less common among those who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 than those who did not, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Cases of salmonellosis continue to cause significant morbidity in infants, according to an analysis of surveillance data published in Pediatrics.

WASHINGTON — The only evidence-based therapy for neonatal encephalopathy is not effective for younger newborns, researchers reported at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Babies born to Asian and Black mothers are more likely to experience hypothermia, according to a study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

The United States met perinatal HIV elimination goals for the first time in 2019, according to a study led by CDC researchers.

More than 40% of healthy mothers recruited for a study testing fecal transplantation for babies born by cesarean section tested positive for potentially harmful pathogens, Finnish researchers reported.

SEATTLE — The first U.S. cluster of pediatric Candida auris cases was likely caused by shared mobile medical equipment that was not properly sanitized after being used for adult patients, an investigation found.

Maternal and newborn exposures to long-term hot and cold temperatures are linked to worse lung capacity in babies, specifically in girls, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The mortality rate for infants born to teen parents declined more than 16% from 1996 to 2019, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Infants born to people infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy were five times as likely to test positive for the virus from age 0 to 6 months during the omicron period than previous waves, according to research published in Pediatrics.