A recent case report from the researchers at the University of São Paulo, published in the journal CLINICS, shows how newborns can also be infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

New UCLA-led research finds that infants born full term to mothers who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy had three times the risk of having respiratory distress compared with unexposed ...

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. This condition stems primarily from an insufficiency in pulmonary surfactant, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal antidepressant use increases the risk for newborn respiratory distress and preterm birth, according to ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research conducted at the Penn State College of Medicine in ...

More than four years after the virus that causes COVID first appeared, scientists continue to discover new ways that the illness threatens pregnant people and babies—as well as additional evidence ...

TARZANA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- RSV cases are pummeling pediatric wards across the country, including here in Southern California. Children's Hospital of Orange County had to expand capacity in their ...

Researchers have developed an artificial lung to support pre-term and other newborn babies in respiratory distress. An international team led by current and former McMaster University researchers has ...

Just over four years since Covid emerged, it has become increasingly clear that infections in pregnant mothers can lead to serious health risks in infants. The latest finding: Babies born to mothers ...

Severe illness from newborns exposed to RSV during pregnancy is rare, but may occur. Health experts recommend the maternal RSV vaccine during pregnancy to protect the pregnant person and fetus against ...