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Study explores impact of COVID-19 social isolation measures on development
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Oslo [Norway], February 7 (ANI): COVID-19 forced children to stay isolated and indoors for more than a year. The precious formative years of a child are for it to explore, touch, hear, speak, feel and see things, outside their home. This opportunity, unfortunately, was snatched from them. No
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Researchers find new rotavirus vaccine to prevent a deadly diarrheal disea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A team of researchers have found that an Australian developed neonatal rotavirus vaccine RV3-BB was safe and produced a robust immune response in African babies.
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Study finds sleep apnea during pregnancy may lead to risk of autism-like c
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that sleep apnea during pregnancy may increase the risk for brain and behavioural changes linked to autism in the male offspring.
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First virus infection in infants linked with infections later in life: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Edinburgh [Scotland], February 2 (ANI): When a baby leaves the protection of its mother's womb and comes into the world, its body takes time to adjust to the new environment. It is natural for them to have infections in their first few days and weeks, but a recent research has something else
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Gurugram taxi driver rewarded for helping arrest child traffickers
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], February 1 (ANI): Gurugram Police has rewarded a taxi driver with Rs 25,000 for alerting and helping them arrest a gang allegedly involved in child trafficking early this January.
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Infant deaths from RSV are much higher than previously known, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Boston [US], January 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that nearly one in 10 of deceased infants less than six months were infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
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Study finds app helps new parents feel confident caring for their infants
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Chicago [US], January 21 (ANI): A new study has found that a smartphone app tested at Northwestern University boosts parents' confidence while caring for their babies, and it continues to help them up to a full month after they've left the hospital.
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Study finds shorter treatment better for young kids with outpatient pneumo
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A new study has found that five days of antibiotics is superior to ten days for children with community-acquired pneumonia who are not hospitalised.
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Research finds COVID-19 may cause foetal inflammation even without placent
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Detroit [US], January 20 (ANI): According to a new study, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may cause fetal inflammation even in the absence of placental infection.
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Researchers assert infants with low-risk deliveries should not need antibi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): A team of international researchers has found that infants born through uncomplicated caesarean delivery, without labour or membrane rupture before delivery and no concern for infection, should not need antibiotics at birth.
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Study finds better long-term outcomes with infant kidney transplants
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
California [US], January 15 (ANI): A new study has found improved outcomes for children with kidney disease who receive transplants as infants.
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Babies with low-risk deliveries may not need antibiotics at birth: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Philadelphia [US], January 13 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that infants born through uncomplicated caesarean delivery, without labour or membrane rupture before delivery and no concern for infection, should not need antibiotics at birth.
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