The world’s youngest premature baby, Nash Keen, who was born more than four months early, celebrated his first birthday this ...

Dr. Malinda Schaefer, the high-risk obstetrician who delivered Nash, emphasized the importance of patient autonomy and the unpredictable outcomes of extremely premature births. Dr. Amy Stanford, the ...

Born 133 days early at University of Iowa Health Care, Nash Keen survived despite zero survival expectations, spending 198 days in the NICU before going home.

A baby born at 21 weeks' gestation in Iowa City, Iowa, has celebrated his first birthday, earning a Guinness world record for ...

The first American pope recognized the miraculous saving of a premature baby at Rhode Island’s Memorial Hospital in 2007.

Overview question Do pain medicines reduce brain bleeding and death and improve long-term development in babies born too early ('preterm' babies) who need mechanical breathing assistance? Background ...

Researchers have identified numerous benefits of early skin-to-skin contact between baby and mother. They urge hospitals to help ensure that premature babies experience this important contact.

Muhammad Abu Salmiyah, the director of al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest facility, told reporters that the lives of more than 100 premature babies and some 350 dialysis patients were at risk.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed 139 employees on administrative leave Thursday after they signed a public “declaration of dissent” against the agency.

New research suggests that premature babies and even full-term newborns experience pain very differently than adults do.