A handful of infants in a neonatal intensive care unit who were diagnosed with rare diseases using whole-genome sequencing had shorter hospital stays and better health outcomes, researchers find.

Newborns deprived of oxygen have their temperatures lowered to protect against brain damage, but it’s hard to decipher the babies’ immediate response to the intervention.

Meet one child saved from brain damage by cooling therapy.

Maternal antibodies engender a receptive gut environment for beneficial bacteria in newborn mice.

Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.

Researchers are piecing together the chain of events that leads to preterm and full-term birth.

NIH researcher Roberto Romero describes the recent discovery of genetic elemetns that contribute to the risk of preterm birth.