A report from the National Down's Syndrome Cytogenetic Register said the number of new born infants with Down's syndrome went up by 15 percent from 2000 to 2006.

In 1989, when pre-natal screening was launched, there were 717 babies with Down's syndrome born in Britain. The number subsequently went down to 594 in 2000, but increased again gradually until it reached 749 in 2006

The Chinese government has initiated wide-ranging reforms to its battered dairy industry to improve safety by overhauling everything from cow breeding to milk sales.

The National Development and Reform Commission said this major shake up is needed to restore consumer confidence in the country's dairy industry, after the melamine contaminated milk killed four infants and sickened over 54,000 babies, leading to the widest recall of Chinese milk and food products containing Chinese milk across the globe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened one of its first three overseas offices in China on Wednesday as part of the two countries' cooperation in the field of food and drug regulation.

U.S. and Chinese officials inaugurated the FDA office in Beijing

Using a fan in the room where an infant is sleeping may help decrease the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS, according to new recommendations.

Researchers believe that a fan circulates air while the baby is sleeping thus reducing the risk of SIDS primarily because the carbon dioxide the baby breaths out is re-circulated around the room and not re-inhaled by the baby

Over 5,000 health inspectors from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine were sent by China's central government to different dairies to check their health standards. Their deployment was in response to the death of four Chinese babies, the illness of 53,000 milk drinkers and its negative effect on the country's exports.

Following the international scare of discovering melamine in Chinese dairy products, dozens of countries withdrew the milk products made with Chinese milk from store shelves. It results to the arrest of 30 people and the discovery of 400 new ailments linked to melamine-tainted milk