SATURDAY, June 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The first two years of a baby’s life are critical for brain development, and how the brain grows during that time may help predict future learning, behavior ...

Mere hours after birth, most newborns are tested for two things: whether they have signs of hearing loss and whether they have any of a range of rare conditions that could severely impact their health ...

While your baby grows and matures over nine months of pregnancy, there’s something else growing in your uterus — and it’s responsible for keeping your baby alive. You’ve likely already heard of the ...

September is Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month. It honors the families who have spent time in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the medical professionals who work with them. After ...

A major initiative at Children's Hospital Los Angeles aims to address a critical but much overlooked need: mental health care for families experiencing the complex flood of joy, fear and upheaval ...

A large study from Massachusetts found that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these children ...

A $25-million grant to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles aims to provide mental health services to babies and their families. All children from birth to age 3 who receive care at the hospital will be ...