A newly designed portable brain scanner under development could aid the treatment, and in some cases help save the lives, of premature and newborn babies in intensive care.

The device would provide vital information about brain function while babies are in the womb

A new study reveals more American children died of the flu in the 2003-2004 season than of chicken pox, whooping cough, and measles combined.

The study, led by Niranjan Bhat and Jennifer Wright of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, finds of the 153 children killed by flu in that winter, nearly two-thirds were under age five. The highest death rate being among infants under 6 months

Reviewers with the Food and Drug Administration find an experimental vaccine, aimed at preventing a sometimes fatal diarrheal infection in infants, seems to be effective.

An FDA reviewer, however, says the agency needs more information on one trial from manufacturer Merck and Co. before it fully gauges the effectiveness of Rotateq

New research suggests black women, health care workers, and overweight women are at higher risk for carrying group B streptococcus during pregnancy.

GBS is a microbe that can live in or colonize the birth canal and subsequently be passed to the infant during birth, developing into a potentially life-threatening infection

Babies using a pacifier while sleeping reduce their chance of succumbing to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by 90 percent, a new study shows.

Researchers say pacifiers also lessen the risk to babies who sleep on their stomachs or in soft bedding. Both have been shown to increase the risk of SIDS up to 10-times, reports ScientificAmerican