Infants Can Learn to Communicate From Videos

A new study, to be published in Child Development, conducted at Emory University and sponsored by The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (a division of the National Institute of Health), reveals that infants under 2 can learn signs from television time. While the American Pediatric Association (APA) has issued […]

Survival Rates for Extremely Premature Infants on the Rise

According to a new study published in the January 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, more extremely premature U.S. infants — those born after only 22–28 weeks of gestation — are surviving. “Understanding the causes and timing of death in extremely premature infants may guide research efforts and inform the counseling of […]