The hidden mother phenomenon continued into the 1920’s until cameras had faster lenses and plate and film photography became much quicker. The daguerreotype and the wet plate process are very slow and ...

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible are linked to nearly 2 million premature births and the deaths of 74,000 newborns worldwide in 2018, according to a new study. A baby is considered ...

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Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after releasing data showing the state's infant mortality rate has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. In Mississippi ...

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Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can’t, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don’t hold onto these experiences because the ...

The Dobbs decision led to a 7% increase in overall infant mortality and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies. Abortion restrictions are linked to more high-risk pregnancies being ...

Infant mortality rates are on the rise after Roe v. Wade was overturned and states began to implement strict abortion bans, a new study finds. The study, published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed ...

Without bats to eat insects, farmers turned to more pesticides, a study found. That appears to have increased infant deaths. By Catrin Einhorn The connections are commonsense but the conclusion is ...

FARGO — Watching Kary Janousek take a photograph is like stepping back in time. She photographs her subjects (often in vintage clothing) while wearing a Victorian dress herself. From beneath the ...