Category: babies

Exclusive: Leaked Hospital Memo Reveals 500% Rise in Stillbirths; Fetal Specialist Explains Likely Cause | Facts Matter

Last week, a hospital memo was leaked to us by a nurse in Fresno, California. The note revealed how this hospital is experiencing a dramatic rise in the number of stillbirth cases. Whereas before, the hospital would see an “average of one to two every three months”—they were now seeing upwards of 22 stillbirths per…


[Premiering Now] Exclusive: Leaked Hospital Memo Reveals 500% Rise in Stillbirths; Fetal Specialist Explains Likely Cause | Facts Matter

Last week, a hospital memo was leaked to us by a nurse in Fresno, California. The note revealed how this hospital is experiencing a dramatic rise in the number of stillbirth cases. Whereas before, the hospital would see an “average of one to two every three months”—they were now seeing upwards of 22 stillbirths per…


Exclusive: Leaked Hospital Memo Reveals 500 Percent Rise in Stillbirths; Fetal Specialist Explains Likely Cause | Facts Matter

Last week, a hospital memo was leaked to us by a nurse in Fresno, California. The note revealed how this hospital is experiencing a dramatic rise in the number of stillbirth cases. Whereas before, the hospital would see an “average of one to two every three months”—they were now seeing upwards of 22 stillbirths per…


Pandemic Lockdowns May Have Slowed Babies’ Communication Skills

When social interaction came to a halt during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, newborn babies missed out on vital communication milestones, researchers say. A new Irish study found about 25 percent of these new babies spent a year without ever meeting a child their own age. Incidental interactions with strangers and community members…


In CDC Survey of Over 13,000 Children, More Than Half Had ‘Systemic Reaction’ After COVID-19 Vaccine

In a CDC survey of over 13,000 children, more than 55 percent of the subjects between the ages of 6 months and two years had a “systemic reaction” in response to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC said on Sept. 1. A systemic reaction is a response beyond the…


More Than Half of Babies, Toddlers Surveyed Had ‘Systemic Reaction’ After COVID-19 Vaccine

More than 55 percent of children ages 6 months to 2 years of age had a systemic reaction, which is a response beyond the injection site, in response to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC said on Sept. 1, and almost 60 percent had a reaction to the second…


CDC Survey: More Than Half of Babies, Toddlers Had ‘Systemic Reaction’ After COVID-19 Vaccine

More than 55 percent of children ages 6 months to 2 years of age had a “systemic reaction,” which is a response beyond the injection site, in response to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC said on Sept. 1, and almost 60 percent had a reaction to the second…


In CDC Survey of Over 8,300 Children, More Than Half Had ‘Systemic Reaction’ After COVID-19 Vaccine

In a CDC survey of over 8,000 children, more than 55 percent of the subjects between the ages of 6 months and 2 years of age had a “systemic reaction” in response to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC said on Sept. 1. A systemic reaction is a response…


Australian Birth Rate Hits Record Low

The latest report by Australia’s national health and wellbeing agency has revealed that the country has hit its lowest birth rate in 13 years, as the average age of first-time parents continues to increase. Australia’s birth rate fell considerably between 2007 and 2020, from 66 per 1,000 to 56 per 1,000. During the first months…


2 Babies Killed as Tree Falls in Alabama, 1 Dead in Maine

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two babies were killed when a huge tree crashed into a home during a storm with wind gusts near 50 mph (80 kph) in Alabama, and officials said a third child was killed by a falling tree in Maine. Jalaia Ford, 3 months old, and Journee Jones, 11 months old, were taken to a…