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Only 42% of Indian babies are breastfed early, and delays in complementary feeding persist, warns NIN. Former director Dr. R. Hemalatha urges supportive breastfeeding environments in workplaces and better training for frontline workers during World Breastfeeding Week.

The findings, published in Scientific Reports, showed that infants whose gut microbes were sampled during the pandemic had lower alpha diversity of the gut microbiome, meaning that there were fewer species of bacteria in the gut.

According to the authors of the new Current Biology paper, if preterm infants have not yet developed the mechanism that allows people to become accustomed to moderate pain, medical procedures in their first few weeks of life may have an impact on their development.

For the first time government doctors in Telangana have successfully conducted heart surgeries on eight infants who were suffering from congenital heart diseases (multiple holes in the heart), at NIMS

Warangal: The Intezargunj police rescued two infants and arrested six child traffickers near the municipal park here on Tuesday. The arrested were Mudavath Sharadha of Vijayawada, Rudhrarapu Swaroopa, Odela Anitha of Warangal, Sheela Bhen Patni of Gujarath, Kori Anuradha and Salma of Maharashtra. “During the interrogation, the accused have confessed to the crime,” said Police […]

Hyderabad: Two babies, who were recently born in moving buses of the TSRTC, will not have to buy a ticket while travelling in any of the corporation’s buses. The TSRTC has decided to gift free liftetime passes which will enable them free bus travel for life. According to the RTC, the first girl was born […]

The toy is fitted with sensors that when touched upon educates the children on whether the said touch is good touch or a bad touch by making noise.

District Collector Rahul Raj asked the officials concerned to gather data of newly married women, pregnant women and their health condition

Last year children accounted for only 10% of global infections, this year it could be as high as 25%, say health experts

Taking a strong note of the shocking incident, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ordered an investigation into the cause of the fire.

Earlier in January this year, the hospital had made it national headlines after more than 100 infants died in one month. 

At present, 44 children below 10 years of age are lodged at the state government's shelter facility in Agra for children who have no known guardians to look after them.