President Donald Trump put the team behind the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System on administrative leave earlier ...

Developmental scientists and medical social science experts at Northwestern University have spearheaded the creation of the most recent NIH Toolbox, providing the newest nationally standardized ...

The NIH Baby Toolbox is a groundbreaking assessment system designed to evaluate infants’ and toddlers’ development from just 16 days old to 42 months.

The Perinatal Quality Oversight Model (PQOM) has been developed in response to the need to proactively identify trusts that require support before serious issues arise. It provides consistent and ...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) will provide the rapid point-of-care test from September, which can identify a genetic ...

One in five children in the United States has obesity, which is a significant predictor of chronic health problems later in ...

Introduction Neonatal mortality remains significant in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) with in-hospital mortality rates similar to those following discharge from healthcare facilities.

For this descriptive analysis, the neonatal survival rate was estimated using three different denominators and expressed as percentages: (1) the total number of extremely preterm births, including ...

Background: The pediatric sequential organ failure assessment (pSOFA) and neonatal SOFA (nSOFA) scores are used to assess organ dysfunction and predict mortality in critically ill children and ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global ...

The Neonatal Behavioural Neurological Assessment (25.4%) was the most frequently used screening tool followed by the General Movements Assessment (22.4%), the Hammersmith Neonatal Neurological ...