Babies around the world face a lot of risks to their health: pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, to name a few. But it turns out that no single infectious disease takes a greater toll than the simple ...

A new grant will help Wayne State University researchers explore the links between bacterial infections, the environmental factors that increase their susceptibility and the risk of preterm birth. The ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Why are babies born prematurely? Researchers still don’t really know. Obstetricians are very good at managing the process of birth. But when it comes to predicting whether a baby will be born in a ...

In 1998, 25 weeks into her pregnancy, Sara Arey's cervix dilated and her amniotic sac started to descend into the birth canal. She was rushed to a hospital an hour and a half away from her home near ...

Georgia and South Carolina rank in the bottom 20 percent of states for preterm births and infant mortality.

This serious bacterial infection is the most common cause of maternal care teams urging preterm delivery at less than 32 weeks gestation. These infections affect the amniotic sac, amniotic fluid, and ...

Every year, a staggering number of infants are born before their time, confronting a host of health hurdles. Factors ...

A research team at the Medical University of South Carolina reports in Cells that the complement system, part of the body's natural immune defenses, is a key driver of inflammatory responses that ...

Melissa Skala receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Kristin Myers receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science ...