Neonatal Medicine News

There was a 32.5% increase in tetrahydrocannabinol-exposed newborns at a Michigan hospital following the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state, according to a study presented during the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

A study conducted in seven sub-Saharan African countries demonstrated an association between malaria and an increased prevalence of anemia among pregnant women, according to findings published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

The CDC updated its recommendations for the prevention and control of Staphylococcus aureus in the NICU based on a systematic review of literature published through August 2019.

According to the Pan American Health Organization, more than 60,000 pregnant women in the Americas have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 458 have died.

WHO, UNICEF and other international agencies are warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to unravel decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths around the world.

In pregnant women with severe or critical COVID-19, inhaled nitric oxide therapy was well-tolerated and associated with improved respiratory rates and oxygenation, according to research published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Mothers are not likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 to their infants through breast milk, according to a recent study.

Study results published in JAMA demonstrated no link between frequent in-person obstetrical visits and SARS-CoV-2 infection.

The Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium will shift from an in-person to a virtual format for 2020, organizer Healio LIVE announced.

Under the care of white physicians, Black newborns are three times more likely to die than white newborns, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.