Pakistani breast milk bank closes after Islamic clerics withdraw approval
Doctors deplore decision and point to country’s high neonatal mortality rate as bank, which opened in June, forced to close without taking a single deposit
April 2024
My twin babies didn’t survive their premature birth – and I’m left to wonder why
Sara Mussa
Women of colour like me are more likely to experience pregnancy complications. That’s a devastating indictment
September 2023
Other lives
Geoff Durbin obituary
Other lives: Pioneering neonatologist whose research led to major improvements in the standards of newborn care
August 2023
Urgent, gentle care: life on a neonatal unit
Babies born very premature can have brain development disrupted in intensive care unit, review finds
May 2023
Simple measures could save 1 million babies a year, doctors plead
‘Silent health disaster’ across developing world could be checked by spending less than £1bn on making ordinary antenatal procedures available to all, says new analysis
November 2022
‘Kangaroo mother care’ best for early and low birth-weight babies, says WHO
Premature or tiny newborns should go directly into sling worn by caregiver where possible, states latest advice
June 2022
NHS hospital did not reveal babies’ deadly bacteria infections
Exclusive: St Thomas’ hospital in London did not reveal publicly that four premature babies – one of whom died – were infected
March 2022
Girl born four months premature named honorary 41st runner in Grand National
Jockey Club nominates Betty Batt, now four, who spent first year of her life in Alder Hey, to raise funds for the hospital
November 2021
Hospital robots will save the lives of hundreds of premature babies
The technology is already enabling consultants to work at multiple sites at once, saving vital time
September 2021
Melbourne’s Covid lockdown restrictions led to fewer preterm births, and researchers want to examine why
An Australian study on pregnant women during the 2020 pandemic found a 30% reduction in babies born prematurely
March 2021
Lack of skin-to-skin care for small and premature babies hits survival rates
The Audio Long Read
From the archives: 88 days trapped in bed to save a pregnancy – podcast
October 2020
Polluted air killing half a million babies a year across globe
State of Global Air report says indoor air quality causing two-thirds of the deaths and affecting health in the womb
November 2019
Guardian Public Service Awards 2019
Guardian Public Service Awards: workforce wellbeing winner
Science Weekly
Artificial wombs and the promise for premature babies - Science Weekly podcast
October 2019
Artificial womb: Dutch researchers given €2.9m to develop prototype
Model from Eindhoven University will surround baby with fluid and deliver oxygen and nutrients via umbilical cord
April 2019
The Audio Long Read
‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food – podcast
The long read
‘For five years we dreaded every meal’: my infant son’s struggle with food
February 2018
Premature babies healthier when parents help with hospital care, study shows
Babies in trial put on more weight in first three weeks and parents were less stressed
