Tag: Infant Health
Minister defends hospital works
Tasmania's Health Minister Lara Giddings has defended her decision to spend nearly $2 million converting unused space in the Royal Hobart Hospital to a paediatrics outpatients clinic.[MORE]
ACT tops childhood immunisation rates
The ACT Government says the Territory is leading the country on childhood immunisation rates.[MORE]
Infants contract HIV in Uzbek hospital
More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan.[MORE]
UK toddler 'used as punching bag'
A baby boy who died after a series of horrifying assaults had been "used as a punching bag" by his mother's boyfriend, jurors at the Old Bailey Court in London were told today.[MORE]
Staffing crisis putting newborns at risk: Union
Tasmanian nurses are taking their fight for more neonatal staff to the Industrial Commission. [MORE]
Funds boost for preterm baby feeding project
A Toowoomba hospital project encouraging premature babies to feed independently at an earlier stage in their development, has been awarded a research grant.[MORE]
Baby death by 'misadventure': Coroner
Western Australia's deputy coroner has found that the death of a baby four years ago was by way of misadventure.[MORE]
UN urges PNG to address child mortality rate
The United Nations is calling on the Papua New Guinea government to do more to reduce the country's alarming child mortality rate.[MORE]
Iraqi conjoined twins separated in Saudi
Conjoined twins from Iraq, attached at the chest and stomach, were separated in a successful operation carried out in a Saudi hospital, the state news agency SPA has reported.[MORE]
Duo accused of spiking infant's drink
A man and woman have been charged in western Queensland after an alleged drink spiking incident involving an infant. [MORE]
New test to detect autism in babies
An academic from Flinders University in South Australia has developed a program that recognises signs of autism in one-year-olds.[MORE]
10,700 Chinese children still in hospital over milk
Nearly 10,700 Chinese infants and children are still in hospital after drinking toxic milk and milk formula, the Ministry of Health says.[MORE]
'Unvaccinated kids' linked to whooping cough spike
There has been a significant spike in the figures for whooping cough cases in northern New South Wales.[MORE]
Expert calls for a rethink on child allergy strategies
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Some experts are pushing for more exposure to problem allergy foods at a very early age. [MORE]
China milk made 53,000 babies ill: official
Nearly 53,000 children in China have fallen ill from milk powder contaminated by the industrial chemical melamine, the country's government has said, dramatically ramping up its previous figures.[MORE]
China milk scare escalates
Nearly 13,000 children are in hospital after drinking toxic milk powder, China says.[MORE]
Infant paracetamol linked to asthma increases
New Zealand researchers have found that giving children paracetamol in the first year of their life significantly increases their risk of developing asthma.[MORE]
China arrests 12 arrested over baby milk scandal
Authorities in China have arrested 12 people in connection with the baby milk scandal that has left more than 6,000 infants seriously ill. [MORE]
China to test dairy products following deaths
China's cabinet has vowed to launch comprehensive tests of milk products and reform the industry, state media said, after three infants died and thousands were sickened in a spreading scandal.[MORE]
Three dead, 6,200 sick in China milk scandal
Three babies dead, a further 6,200 ill after drinking tainted milk powder in China.[MORE]
Research shows increase in IVF babies
More Australian couples are conceiving through fertility treatments, resulting in more healthy babies being born than ever before. [MORE]
More Chinese baby milk powder brands contaminated: state TV
Chinese officials have discovered 22 companies have produced contaminated baby milk, state television said on Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of the scandal that has already left two infants dead.[MORE]
Baby milk powder sabotaged: Fonterra
The New Zealand dairy company Fonterra says the contamination of milk formula responsible for the deaths of two babies in China is the result of sabotage.[MORE]
NZ firm in hot water over deadly Chinese baby formula
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is being criticised for remaining tight-lipped about a scandal involving contaminated milk formula in China.[MORE]
NZ dairy giant knew of China milk taint in Aug
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra says it knew last month its Chinese joint venture partner was selling contaminated milk which has since caused at least one death.[MORE]
