Tag: Infant health
Infant formula shortages forced some parents to feed their babies in...
Jessica A. Marino, University of California, Merced and Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, University of California, Merced
The Research Brief is a...
RSV: A pediatric disease expert answers 5 questions about the surging...
Jennifer Girotto, University of Connecticut
Respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV, sends thousands of children to the...
What’s behind the US baby formula shortage – and how to...
Steven A. Abrams, University of Texas at Austin
A baby formula shortage has added to the woes of American...
Infants need lots of active movement and play – and there...
Danae Dinkel, University of Nebraska Omaha
When people set personal fitness goals and establish their physical exercise routines, there’s...
How safe is your baby food?
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby...
Preventing infant deaths: The ABCs of safe baby sleep
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
Just last week, I read an X-ray study of an infant who died while sleeping with a parent. I am a...
Breastfeeding has been the best public health policy throughout history
Joan Y. Meek, Florida State University
Breastfeeding has long been the gold standard for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family...
Sugars in mother’s milk help shape baby’s microbiome and ward off...
Steven Townsend, Vanderbilt University
While living in a mother’s womb, cushioned by amniotic fluid and protected from the outside world, babies have only minimal exposure...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
