Chinese case study suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
Four babies born in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, did not show signs of infection: Frontiers in Pediatrics [...]
Pediatrics
The bacteria building your baby
Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms; Frontiers in Microbiology [...]
New method uses AI to screen for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Scientists have developed a new AI tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder quickly and affordably: Frontiers in Neurology [...]
Study highlights potential benefits of continuous EEG monitoring for infant patients
In a large cohort of child ICU patients with continuous brain monitoring, nearly half of those younger than 14 months were found to have suffered seizures -- many of which were asymptomatic; Frontiers in Pediatrics [...]
Risk factors involved in the early onset and severity of childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is linked to a family history of obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic disease: Frontiers in Endocrinology [...]
Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome
Formula feeding and Cesarean section affect the development of gut microbiota in later infancy, finds a study in Frontiers in Pediatrics [...]
New hope for ‘bubble baby disease’
A faster way to diagnose Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) syndrome, described in Frontiers in Immunology, aims to help more infants get life-saving treatment in time. [...]
Preventing childhood deafness following treatment with life-saving cancer drugs
A new way to deliver steroids to the inner ear reduces hearing loss caused by chemotherapy, finds a study in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. [...]
With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do?
Research Topic cross listed in 15 Frontiers journals is open for submissions “With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do? [...]
Drug tolerance a problem for hospitalized babies
By Alice R Jensen, Frontiersin.org Research is underway to stop newborn babies from becoming tolerant and dependent on the pain relief drugs given to them while in intensive [...]
New treatment for children with ARDS
By Alice Rolandini Jensen, Frontiers science writer Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) affects hundreds of thousands of people each year, many of them children. Those [...]