Infant Health

A five-week review has secured the short-term future of the two units, but St John of God Bendigo Hospital says more patronage is needed to keep them open long-term.

After seven years trying for a family, Marni Cochrane was more than halfway through her first pregnancy with identical twin girls when they were diagnosed with a rare and potentially life-threatening medical condition.

Vaginal birth after a previous caesarean shouldn't be a battle, but making it happen in Australia can be exhausting for some expectant parents.

The ABC has heard from several women who gave birth at home after a negative hospital experience, as part of its Birth Project investigation. It comes as a Senate inquiry into birth trauma was recently launched in NSW.

Rates of labour induction have increased substantially in recent years. Is it making childbirth safer — or have the scales tipped too far? 

Blackall has had almost 20 babies born this year, but parents have to travel more than 200 kilometres to a birthing hospital and some women are away from home for up to six weeks. 

The study's lead author says many children and babies in Asia-Pacific treated for common infections with antibiotics also used in Australia were dying because those drugs were "no longer working".

After the Streeters lost their newborn son to necrotising enterocolitis (NEC), they began a journey to build awareness and support for research into the devastating condition.

Last Christmas, Broken Hill toddler Ryan Lines was fighting for his life after his body went into septic shock due to a bacterial infection. Now, he's adjusting to his new life as his family raises awareness about the condition.

It's the middle of the night and your child's temperature is spiking. Do you reach for a washcloth to cool them down? Give them medication? Or call a doctor? Take our quiz and find out if you are doing it correctly.

Ivy was born 15 weeks early and spent the first few months of her life in intensive care. When she finally came home, her parents found most people did not understand what they had experienced.  

As a long, sweltering summer looms, Melbourne's public housing residents are yet to see any sign of air conditioners promised before last year's state election.

Menasheh was born almost eight weeks premature, weighing just 1,524g — the tiniest baby ever to undergo open heart surgery at the Queensland Children's Hospital.

For a brief moment after the miscarriage of her first child Lyndal Redman couldn't help but wonder if it was her fault. Then the doom scrolling set in.

We know the impact hot weather can have on the environment, but what does it do to your body?

A trial of a medical technique from Australia that aims to expand the lungs and improve oxygen levels in premature babies finds respiratory-related hospitalisations are reduced by a third.

The NSW government says a new expert advisory group will be established to improve the birthing experiences of mothers, their partners and families.

Cheryl Dedman is on a mission to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder — a topic she says people are reluctant to discuss.

NSW Police and NSW Health are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy this week at Dubbo Base Hospital. The boy's death has been referred to the coroner.

North Queensland mothers will be forced to travel 100 kilometers to give birth as maternity services are suspended at another regional hospital.

Hundreds of pages of documents released under right-to-information laws reveal a number of rural Queensland hospitals suspended birthing services, sometimes for several days.

Telehealth is revolutionising medicine in remote areas, but one obstetrician says entrusting the delivery of a baby to "pure luck" in Australia during 2023 "isn't good enough".

Harry had a condition known medically as gastroschisis — a hole in his abdominal wall. 

A court has found neonatal nurse Lucy Letby guilty of murdering the tiny, vulnerable people in her care. The parents of her victims now know who killed their children, but the question of why may forever remain unanswered.

Queenslanders are being warned to be vigilant for fever and rash symptoms in young children as group A streptococcus infections sweep across the state.