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Baby ward baby boom: 17 nurses pregnant at Dayton hospital's labor and delivery unit
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (105+ words) WYSO Public Radio Baby ward baby boom: 17 nurses pregnant at Dayton hospital's labor and delivery unit A baby boom is coming to a place that already has lots of babies. The labor and delivery unit at Miami Valley Hospital has…...
Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (626+ words) When people are shown a spiky shape next to a rounded one and asked which shape is called "kiki" and which one is "bouba," people from all kinds of cultures overwhelmingly associate "bouba" with the blob-like shape and "kiki" with…...
It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1310+ words) It was the fall of 2024 when Abigail Hendricks learned she was pregnant with her fifth child. She was glowing with excitement. "For me, a baby is a blessing," says Hendricks. "They are cute. They are precious. And they are a…...
What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (1651+ words) For months, Dr. Daniel Edney had watched his state's infant mortality rate rise. "It just kept climbing," he remembers. "We'd get another death coming in, another death coming in." As the public health officer in Mississippi, it's Edney's job to…...
HHS responds to report about autism and acetaminophen
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (431+ words) The Trump administration is planning to release a report this month that will reportedly link use of the common painkiller acetaminophen (sold under the brand name Tylenol) during pregnancy, as well as certain vitamin deficiencies, to autism spectrum disorder, despite…...
Offered a cash price for a prenatal genetic test? It may be your best bet
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (822+ words) When Mara Varona was pregnant she decided to take a common prenatal blood test to screen for genetic conditions. It was part of a proactive approach she and her husband took to pregnancy. "We're just information people," says Varona, who…...
She's trying to open a birth center near a maternity desert. It's not easy
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1177+ words) Standing in front of an empty lot one afternoon in the Georgia heat, Katie Chubb gestures to the place where she's been trying to open a birth center for six years. "We'd have parking along the road," she says, describing…...
Who or what is Trump's "beautiful baby?" Find out in the quiz
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (135+ words) This week, President Trump said a "beautiful baby" was born. Is that a literal infant? A metaphorical one? WHAT KIND OF BABY? If you know, you'll get at least one question right this week. Want to give quiz writing a…...
The disabled teen stuck in a hospital for six years finally gets her own home
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (1159+ words) Alexis Ratcliff is 19 and she's lived, since she was 13, in a hospital in North Carolina. This week, the disabled woman moved to her own apartment. When she saw the spacious, renovated place for the first time, she celebrated. "Oh, it's…...