In a nutshell Baby brains develop pain processing in stages, with sensory networks maturing first (34-36 weeks), emotional ...

This matters. Pain isn’t just a fleeting signal; it can shape long-term brain development. Earlier studies have shown that ...

A late preterm birth happens between 34 and almost 37 weeks of pregnancy. A full-term pregnancy usually lasts about 40 weeks. About 8% of all births in the U.S. are late preterm.

Born at just 21 weeks with less than a 1% chance of survival, Curtis Means defied all odds to become the world’s most ...

The findings point to a profound gap between how newborns and adults process and interpret physical sensations.

About 66% of preterm infants were delivered through Cesarean section as compared to 33% of full-term infants. About 120 and 100 women received two or three vaccine doses each, respectively, before ...

There were also no differences in prevalence of HIV at birth (0.2% vs 0.3%) and at 14-34 days after delivery (0.6% vs 0.3%) in those born preterm vs those born at term, respectively.

Estimates from the CDC show that of the nearly 20,000 infants that died in the U.S. in 2020, preterm birth and low birth weight were the second-leading causes of mortality. However, physicians ...