Category: news
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Neanderthal-Human Baby Making, Dated | Baby News
Around five hundred thousand years ago our evolutionary ancestors diverged creating archaic humans outside of Africa, including Neanderthals (H neanderthalensis) in Europe and the Middle East. Modern humans (H sapiens) emerged in Africa by two-hundred thousand years ago and when they started migrating out of Africa, they encountered Neanderthals. But when? Modern humans left Africa…
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Ancient Newborn Necropolis in France | Baby News
This article will discuss stillbirth and neonatal death and feature images of human remains. From February to May of 2024, the National Institute of Preventative Archaeology in France (Inrap) carried out an excavation at the Place du Maréchal Leclerc in Auxerre, France ahead of landscaping. Prior to becoming the city of Auxerre in the 4th…
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Is Splash Pad Water Safe? CDC Advisory
Nearly every summer, the CDC warn the public that splash pads can cause serious gastrointestinal illness outbreaks. This is because splash pads may not be an “aquatic venue” legally speaking and so don’t need to meet local sanitation standards. In 2021, almost 70 children were infected with shigella and norovirus at a splashpad in Kansas,…
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The Rise of Congenital Syphilis | Baby News (and History)
Shorts (scroll for article) Introduction Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a bacterium (Treponema pallidum), passed via painless round sores called chancres on the genitals or the mouth. Syphilis chancres can easily go unnoticed and even without treatment they go away, but the person is still infected. The disease has latent periods but…
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Kimberly Clark Leaving Nigeria | Baby News
In Nigeria, the House of Representatives want to prevent Kimberly Clark, makers of Huggies and Kotex, from leaving the country. Kimberly Clark has been in the country for fifteen years and invested $100 million in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) two years ago. Other multinational corporations have left the country due to high costs and low…
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Portugal’s SNS Grávida Helpline | Baby News
Portugal is a country in southwestern Europe, home to ten and a half million people though population is shrinking due to low immigration and low birth rate, around 1.38 children per woman. Based on what I have read, Portugal is a nice place to start a family because there is a nationalized health service, Serviço…
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Fire Kills Newborns in Delhi | Baby News
On Saturday, May 25th 2024, at around 11 pm, in the Vivek Vihar district of East Delhi, a fire broke out at the New Born Baby Care Hospital, when the fire reached oxygen tanks, they exploded, spreading the fire. According to senior police officer Surendra Choudhary, bystanders rescued twelve newborns however, by the time medical…
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Lactation Drug: Cardiac and Psychiatric Adverse Events | Baby News
In Canada, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario warn about domperidone, originally for stomach problems but used off-label to increase breastmilk production. In October of 2019, Joanna McCabe, a nurse, saw a lactation specialist, Dr Newman, with concerns about her breastmilk production and was prescribed 90mg/day, with another doctor increasing it to 120mg/day.…
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Permanent Contraception Trends | Baby News
In the US, Since the Dobbs decision which allows states to restrict or outright ban abortion, many young Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 years old have chosen permanent contraception: tubal ligation rose around 55% more than expected, while vasectomies rose around 67% more than expected based on pre-Dobbs trends. Similar trends are…
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Medical Misinformation Takes Two Lives | Baby News
Jessica Cronshaw, a 26 year old teacher in Blackburn, Lancashire (UK) found she was expecting her first baby in June of 2022. She suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe, even life-threatening form of morning sickness, and was prescribed the anti-nausea medication Xonvea. Then weeks later, a midwife, Allison Whitehead, told her over a telephone consultation…
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