PHOENIX — The rate of kids being born prematurely in Arizona is in decline, but is still higher than the national average. Currently 11.6 percent of Arizona kids are born prematurely. Arizona March of ...

The March of Dimes released its annual report during Premature Awareness Month. The rate of babies born premature in the United States has declined for the first time in six years, but experts warn it ...

FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Premature babies not only face serious and immediate health consequences: New research shows they are also more likely to die early, a risk that persists into ...

Beatrice of York wants to ensure no woman goes through what she experienced a few months ago. Earlier this year, Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed their second daughter. The ...

In 2017, Dr. Barbi Phelps-Sandall, an obstetrician who has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay area for more than two decades, had just learned about a new blood test only available at select ...

The U.S. has received a “D+” for preterm birth rates for the third year in a row, with no substantial change in those rates, according to a Nov. 14 March of Dimes report. Preterm babies are those born ...

Each year in the United States, approximately 370,000 babies are born prematurely, meaning born before 37 weeks of pregnancy, representing about 10.4% of all live births. These infants face higher ...