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Jaundice describes yellowing of the skin and is common in the first few weeks of life. For some babies, however, it can lead to damage to the brain and nervous system if it is not picked up and treated promptly. The harmful effects can be more severe in babies who are born prematurely, are small and or are unwell for other reasons. The damage caused by jaundice to babies in the first few weeks of life can lead to
More than 2 months have passed since the death of George Floyd. During this time, there have been efforts on an international scale to acknowledge racial injustice and reform systems which allow or encourage racism to persist. In healthcare, data from the CDC has revealed the startling differences between the risk of dying in pregnancy
Preterm, or premature birth, where a baby is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, affects around 8% of pregnancies in Canada. There are health problems which may affect premature babies soon after birth, as they go through childhood and also as adults. There has been significant work to help babies who are born early and
In Houston, Texas, a 3-week old baby boy with COVID-19 was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties and difficulty feeding, as described in the New England Journal of Medicine. He had been born at 4 weeks before his due date and was brought in to the emergency room with rapid breathing. He was found to
With the current global COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant women may be concerned over how the infection may affect them, their pregnancy and their baby at birth and beyond. New research from New York has looked at the impact that COVID-19 can have on pregnant women and reassuringly has shown no cases where the infection was passed
