Jun. 02, 2024 08:09 AM EDT
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Early last year, Caroline Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove a stillborn baby and save two others. Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a 2% chance of living.
If the babies didn’t get breast milk — which...
May. 14, 2024 15:12 PM EDT
NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely in November has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after spending her first six months at a suburban Chicago hospital.
Nyla Brooke Haywood was treated to a send-off party...
Apr. 26, 2024 08:13 AM EDT
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother's womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has died, her uncle said Friday.
Sabreen Jouda died in a Gaza hospital on Thursday after her health deteriorated and medical teams...
Apr. 11, 2024 07:12 AM EDT
The Advocate. April 9, 2024.
Editorial: Lawmakers can, and should, address Louisiana’s maternal and infant mortality crisis
Of all the “bad” rankings on which Louisiana leads the nation, none are more heartbreaking — or damning — than those reflecting the...