New data has shown that an initiative to reduce preterm births in Australia has led to a significant decrease in rates of ...

Poor air quality can increase risks of premature birth and low birth weight, affecting both mother and baby. Experts, ...

For the third year in a row, the U.S.’s birth rate for premature babies rose, according to an annual report issued by White Plains, N.Y.-based March of Dimes, a national nonprofit for maternal and ...

A program introduced in Australia in 2018 has led to thousands of fewer babies born early each year, according to a new study ...

A nonprofit advocacy and research organization launched a new research collaborative focused on addressing the high rate of ...

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 ...

Hearing a mother’s voice helps premature babies’ brains grow faster and develop stronger language connections.

The birth rate increased by 5% on days when the temperature exceeded 90 degrees. Warmer temperatures wrought by climate change could put women at risk for giving birth early, according to new research ...