Smaller than a palm: How India’s tiniest infant battled to survive for 124 daysA newborn weighing just 350 grams, possibly the smallest infant ever to survive in India, battled for over four months in the NICU. The "na...
21 Nov, 2025, 02.59 PM IST
Canada reports first death linked to measles epidemicAn infant born prematurely in Alberta died from measles, marking Canada's first fatality in the disease's recent resurgence after the mothe...
03 Oct, 2025, 07.51 AM IST
Why infant death rates have doubled in Mississippi and are rising across the USMississippi has declared a public health emergency due to a soaring infant mortality rate, nearly double the national average, highlighting...
25 Aug, 2025, 05.24 PM IST
Baby's rare disease treated in Kolkata; Bangladeshi parents anxious about visa for post-surgery checkupA Bangladeshi couple is facing visa challenges for their nine-month-old son's post-surgery checkup in Kolkata, India. Their son, Ridwan, un...
18 Dec, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
Two premature babies died before evacuation from Gaza: UNThe UN has evacuated 31 premature babies from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, causing the hospital to become a "death zone". Twenty-eight o...
22 Nov, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
'Deferred umbilical cord clamping reduces death risk in premature babies'The meta-analysis of 3,292 infants across 21 studies found that premature babies whose umbilical cords are clamped 30 seconds or more after...
17 Nov, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Study finds dietary folate intake in lactating mothers linked with improved infant gut-healthFolate, a vitamin-B found in various foods, enhances the presence of Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breastmilk.
03 Nov, 2023, 10.16 PM IST
Alabama boy named world's most premature infant to surviveDr. Brian Sims, who was the attending physician, said statistics show that children born so young have virtually no chance of survival, but...
10 Nov, 2021, 09.35 PM IST
Baby wrongly declared dead by Max Hospital passes awayA panel formed by the Delhi government to look into the case yesterday found Max Hospital guilty of not following prescribed medical norms ...
06 Dec, 2017, 02.03 PM IST
This startup combines IoT, big data & machine learning for better premature infant careiNICU, short for Integrated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, was founded in June 2016 by Singh and pediatrician Gautam Yadav after Singh lost ...
17 Feb, 2017, 10.33 AM IST
India records highest infant deaths due to premature birthOver three lakh babies die annually in India making it the country with highest number of infant deaths due to premature births.
08 Dec, 2015, 04.26 PM IST
Indian student designs cardboard baby incubator in UKAn Indian student has developed a low-cost cardboard baby incubator that that could help save millions of lives in countries like India.
06 Nov, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
154 infants die in four months in Kandhamal hospitalsOf the 154 infants who died in different hospitals during the four-month period, 62 were admitted to Special Newborn Care Unit.
03 Sep, 2015, 01.15 PM IST
Remidio Innovative Solutions: A startup providing cure for retinopathyRemidio Innovative Solutions was set up in 2010, with Rs 5 lakh from the promoters and two friends. It got Rs 15 lakh soon from IKP Knowled...
28 Aug, 2015, 04.45 AM IST
13 infants die at Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical SciencesThe doctors at the hospital, however, said that the infants died due to various reasons and most of them were born premature as well as und...
08 Dec, 2014, 05.18 PM IST
- Lessons from 50 startups: Stanford grads' Embrace Innovations build low-cost warmer to save young Indian lives
The startup has a nonprofit arm that donates infant warmers to underserved clinics through NGO partners, and the for-profit arm that sells ...
20 Jul, 2012, 06.18 AM IST
- India's infant mortality rate worse than neighbours, says government
India's infant mortality rate of 47 per thousand live births is worse than its neighbouring countries like Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,...
20 Mar, 2012, 01.27 PM IST