From Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ to a state pardon: how Kathleen Folbigg walked free
She was labelled a baby killer but advocates say she has suffered one of the country’s gravest injustices
January 2023
Child mortality from trauma and sudden death rising in England, study shows
Exclusive: Bristol University study finds ‘strong social gradient’ linking poverty with increased mortality
September 2022
Safe infant sleep: consumer groups say Australian product regulation lags
While Australia has some of the strongest safety standards in the world for some baby products, consumer groups say regulatory blind spots are putting infants at risk
July 2022
Republic of Parenthood
I’m learning to live with my fear for my baby’s safety: it’s the price we pay for love
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Anxious expecting parents should know the terror becomes more manageable as time passes, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Cosslett
June 2022
Today in Focus
Sudden infant death syndrome: will parents finally get answers?
Sudden infant death syndrome (Sids), also known as cot death, affects 200 families a year in the UK. Hannah Devlin reports on a new study that has raised hopes of an explanation for parents
May 2022
Enzyme in babies’ blood linked to risk of sudden infant death syndrome
Scientists find babies who died from Sids had lower levels of BChE on average, but say link ‘needs more investigation’
November 2021
I fought for Sally Clark and other cot death mothers. I’m still haunted by their fate
John Sweeneyreported on the women wrongly jailed for murder. Now, 22 years on, he fears we have not seen the end of a modern witch-hunt
August 2019
Unexplained infant death rate falls to record low, says ONS
England and Wales had 183 cases in 2017, though rate far higher than in other countries
April 2019
A letter to ...
A letter to... the new mothers at the register office, 33 years ago
‘I’m sorry I couldn’t speak. I didn’t want to tell you what had happened to my baby’: the letter you always wanted to write
August 2018
Unexplained baby deaths rise for first time in three years
Increase from 195 deaths in England and Wales to 219 described as very concerning
May 2018
The SNP has caused its own baby box blues
Dani Garavelli
Cot death expert raises concerns over Scotland's cardboard baby boxes
March 2018
Cot death could partly be down to genetic mutation, say researchers
Rare mutation associated with breathing muscles is key to sudden infant death syndrome, says study in Lancet
January 2018
Deaths of two babies a week linked to bed-sharing, UK data shows
Figures show 665 babies’ deaths over past five years were linked to sleeping in bed with parents
August 2017
Baby boxes to be sent to new mothers in Scotland from this week
Cot death charity raises concerns over Finnish-style 'baby boxes'
August 2016
Breastfeeding, air pollution and sudden infant death syndrome
Back to sleep: the doctor who helped stem a cot death epidemic
The Guardian view on a public health triumph: the numbers say it all
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Bob Carpenter obituary
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