Worries and concerns about how much a 3-month-old should eat are common among parents and caregivers. Around this age, ...

As any parent can attest, the first few years of a child's life are marked by many sleepless nights. However, the expectation that infants should sleep through the night by a certain age is widespread ...

A study of 1,585 pregnant women during the COVID-19 era reveals that prenatal risk as defined by a multitude of maternal ...

In a recent study published in the journal Seminars in Immunology, scientists review key studies on early-life microbial exposure and its impact on immunity and chronic inflammatory disease, ...

New research suggests human babies’ helpless start may influence how we learn, build relationships, and develop as social ...

The smart MAIJU jumpsuit offers a novel approach to at-home monitoring of infants' early motor development. The wearable device combines expertise in medicine, measuring technology and AI, enabling ...

Newborns exposed to two common pregnancy complications were biologically younger than their chronologic gestational age. The infants' biological or 'epigenetic' age is based on molecular markers in ...

Income inequality has significantly increased in the United States since the 1980s (Pew Research Center, 2020). The wealth gap between America’s richest and poorer families more than doubled between ...