When makers of infant formula hear that babies got sick or died while using their products, what happens next is left largely ...

When makers of infant formula hear that babies got sick or died while using their products, what happens next is left largely to the manufacturers. They decide whether to inform the FDA about possible ...

Healthy, breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation show fewer aggressive behaviors at age 3 compared with children who did not receive supplementation, according to new research from Umeå ...

When it's time to add solid food to a baby's diet, is it best to spoon feed purées – the conventional approach – or to allow ...

The toxin behind two outbreaks in seven months is hard to find—and just a handful of labs are equipped to look for it at all ...

Ghost forests, the cemetery-like groupings of dead trees killed by saltwater intrusion, have become haunting symbols of sea level rise overtaking land along the Mid-Atlantic coast. But a new study ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration tested over 300 infant formula samples for contaminants and found most had undetectable or very low levels, indicating the U.S. supply is generally safe. All ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released the results of a major study examining the safety of infant formula sold in the U.S., finding that most products contained low or undetectable ...

The agency said the analysis of more than 300 formula samples was reassuring, but outside experts raised some concerns. By Alice Callahan When the Food and Drug Administration announced “Operation ...

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible are linked to nearly 2 million premature births and the deaths of 74,000 newborns worldwide in 2018, according to a new study. A baby is considered ...

The microbiome of infants is shaped by social relationships from an early age and not only by family sources, finds a recent study published in the journal Nature. The study was conducted by ...