Neonatal Medicine News

In a partnership with PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, the Mount Sinai Health System will establish a multidisciplinary clinic called the Rainbow Clinic, for reducing stillbirths.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America published a white paper that includes guidance on implementing strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in infants in the NICU.

Maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination has been achieved by 80% of the 59 countries identified in 1999 as being still at risk for the infection, according to a report published in MMWR.

Mothers who delivered in hospitals that supported breastfeeding with specific maternity care practices were more likely to meet their breastfeeding goals, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Mean concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in women’s breast milk exceeded drinking water screening values for children, according to findings published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

Maternal Zika virus infection during pregnancy places a developing fetus at risk for a suite of severe birth defects and disabilities, including microcephaly, one of the most visible tolls of the Zika virus epidemic in the Americas.

Parents should ensure their newborn receives a dose of vitamin K after birth to prevent a potentially life-threatening bleeding disease, the AAP said in a recent policy announcement.

Pregnant women with hepatitis B virus who received tenofovir disoproxil fumarate at least 4 weeks prior to delivery were less likely to transmit the virus to their infants, even those who did not receive immunoglobulin, data show.

Broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies, or bNAbs, may be a viable treatment option for young children with HIV, according to study findings presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Maternal COVID-19 was associated with an increased risk for adverse birth outcomes among infants born to mothers in Botswana, including a two-fold risk for stillbirth, researchers found.