Genomic sequencing may expand newborn screening beyond biochemical tests
Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the range of conditions…
Bahama Boy’s Message in a Bottle Floats 4,000 Miles to Be Read Almost Exactly a Year Later in Portugal
Lorenzo (left) and Maria Enes (right) – credit SWNS A boy who threw a message in a bottle…
Doctors warn of a deadly complication from measles outbreaks
The first sign came when Deepanwita Dasgupta was 5 and started stumbling more while playing at her home…
ABF intercepts 150,000 melatonin units
Melissa Clarke: More than 150,000 tablets or gummies of melatonin have been intercepted by Australian border force in…
Decoding the neighborhood dynamics of Childhood Brain Cancer
New research published in Nature finds that tumor cells within supratentorial ependymomas (SE) – an aggressive childhood brain…
Maternal antibodies protect newborns from severe E. coli infections, study finds
A multi-center study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children’s sheds surprising new light on why some newborns become…
Viagra ingredient improves symptoms in patients with Leigh syndrome
Sildenafil – an active ingredient also marketed under the name of Viagra – improves symptoms in patients with…
Study on inhaler overuse highlights urgent need for better objective asthma monitoring
Bedfont® Scientific Limited, an innovative med-tech company specializing in medical breath analysis devices, welcomes the new study at…
The winter dare that leaves kids’ tongues stuck to metal
A review of more than 850 historical newspaper reports reveals that the childhood dare of licking frozen metal…
Ex-rapper-led upstart party surges toward a Nepal election landslide
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory…
NEWS QUOTE: Ten days of conflict claim lives of 10 classrooms full of children with 83 killed in Lebanon
BEIRUT, 9 March 2026 – Ten days since the first strikes in the Middle East and wider region 83 children have been killed in Lebanon, according to the Ministry of…
Pope receives advanced telehealth device for children‘s healthcare
The “Patrons of the World’s Children Hospital” donate a TELADOC LITE telemedicine system to Pope Leo XIV for…