Neonatal Medicine News

Study results published in JAMA Neurology show higher odds of seizures during rewarming correlate with death or disability at 2 years in infants at risk, demonstrating the need for EEG monitoring during rewarming.

Pregnant women who had symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection were more likely than those with asymptomatic infection to have an emergency delivery, and their infants more often experienced adverse outcomes, a recent study showed.

The gap in life expectancy between Black and white Americans has narrowed over the past 3 decades from 7 years to 3.6 years, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Preterm infants who consume breast milk from mothers who have tested positive for THC do not experience any short-term health effects, although the long-term health effects remain uncertain, researchers reported.

Amzell BV, a specialty pharmaceutical development company, announced it has a special protocol assessment agreement with the FDA for a phase 3 trial of its injectable infantile epileptic disease therapy.

Researchers at IDWeek reported more promising news about nirsevimab, an investigational single-dose monoclonal antibody that has previously been shown to protect preterm infants against respiratory syncytial virus.

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine details how researchers discovered a previously unknown genetic disorder that affects prenatal development in children and identified a potential cure.

Infants born to mothers who received the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had high levels of protective antibodies, according to findings published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology — Maternal Fetal Medicine.

Monday marks the 10th annual World Sepsis Day, an initiative established in 2012 by the nonprofit Global Sepsis Alliance to raise awareness of sepsis, which kills at least 11 million people each year worldwide.

A routine ultrasound during the third trimester of pregnancy did not significantly affect pregnancy-related anxiety or mother-to-infant bonding, according to results of a pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in the Netherlands.