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3 baby formula companies receive FDA warning letter for failing to ensure safe manufacturing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to three baby formula manufacturers after finding they violated quality-control practices.
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Neonatal nurse who wrote ‘I am evil' found guilty of killing 7 newborns in England
A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception when she preyed on the vulnerabilities of premature and sick newborns as well as their anxious parents.
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Syrian baby born under earthquake rubble turns 6 months, celebrates with adopted family
A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family home destroyed by the deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria six months ago is in good health with her adopted family.
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Mom introduces baby born on Mass. Pike in Westborough
Audelina Ordonez Barrios introduces her son, a healthy baby boy she’s nicknamed “Baby Pike,” after he was born on I-90 in Westborough.
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Mom gives birth to baby boy on Mass. Pike
First responders are not unfamiliar with roadside emergencies along the Massachusetts Turnpike given that tens of thousands of people travel along Interstate 90 daily, but it’s not every day that they are called to help when a woman is delivering a baby on the side of the highway. That’s just what happened Sunday night, though. The Westborough Fire Department...
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The 2023 Gerber Baby is revealed on TODAY
The new Gerber Baby was revealed on TODAY, and winner Madison Mendoza is a smiley baby who comes from a proud military family.
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‘The best day of our lives': Firefighter, wife share adoption journey after newborn was left in Safe Haven Baby Box
A Florida firefighter and his wife had been dreaming of a family for years, until one night in January an unexpected surprise changed their lives forever.
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Newborn baby left in Safe Haven Baby Box was adopted by the firefighter who found her
“I picked her up and held her. We locked eyes, and that was it. I’ve loved her ever since that moment.”
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Weighted sleep sacks are unsafe for infants, national pediatricians' group says
Federal regulators have not warned of any deaths, but the American Academy of Pediatrics says parents shouldn’t use weighted sleep sacks or swaddles.
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New Clues Emerge About Possible Factors Behind Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
A new study finds that some infants who die of SIDS have abnormalities in a particular brain receptor that may be involved in helping them gasp for air.
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See What Baby Names Were the Most Popular Last Year
Dutton and Wrenlee are on the rise but they’re no match for champs Liam and Olivia as the top baby names in the U.S. last year.
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“She's coming”: Deputy helps deliver baby on Florida highway
A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputy helped deliver a baby girl on Highway 60 in Plant City, Florida.
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‘Just Totally Disgusted': Baby Girl's Remains Found in Revere, Investigation Ongoing
An investigation continues on Wednesday after a man in Revere, Massachusetts, discovered what police had called the possible remains of an infant. Revere’s chief of police confirmed to NBC10 Boston that a baby was found by trash and recycling bins and a bush off Dolphin Avenue, and it’s unclear how long it may have been there. State police said...
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Woman Accused of Abandoning Baby in NH Woods Has Been Indicted
A New Hampshire grand jury indicted a woman on multiple charges after she allegedly abandoned her newborn baby in the woods of Manchester. Alexandra Eckersley, the daughter of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and longtime Red Sox announcer Dennis Eckersley, is accused of lying to authorities before the premature baby was found moving but struggling to breathe in a tent…
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Police Arrest 2nd Suspect in Case of Baby Found Abandoned in NH Woods
George Theberge, 45, is believed to have been with the baby’s mother, Alexandra Eckersley, when she gave birth in a tent and then abandoned the child on a cold winter night.
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NH Police Seek 2nd Suspect After Baby Found Abandoned in Woods During Freezing Temps
George Theberge, 45, is believed to have been with the baby’s mother, Alexandra Eckersley, when she gave birth in a tent and then abandoned the child on a cold winter night.
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Alexandra Eckersley, Accused of Abandoning Baby in NH Woods, Released on Bail
The woman who allegedly abandoned her premature baby in a tent in the woods of Manchester, New Hampshire, on a cold winter night after Christmas has reportedly been released on bail.
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Brigham and Women's Hospital Welcomes Boston's First Baby of 2023
Boston’s first baby of the new year was born just minutes after midnight at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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Eckersley Family ‘In Complete Shock,' Asks People to Withhold Judgment About Daughter
The family of the woman who allegedly abandoned her premature baby in a tent in the woods of Manchester, New Hampshire, on a cold winter night after Christmas has released a statement expressing shock over the situation and gratitude for first responders. Alexandra Eckersley, the daughter of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and longtime Red Sox announcer Dennis Eckersley, faces…
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NH Baby Abandonment Arrest Highlights Option for Desperate Parents: Safe Haven
The case of the mother who allegedly called 911, then led first responders away from her newborn in the cold Manchester, New Hampshire, night just after Christmas, highlights a fairly new legal option available to new parents who don’t want to keep their child: dropping them off at what’s known as a safe haven.