infant

If I drop a pen, you know that it won’t hover in midair but will fall to the floor. Similarly, if the pen encounters a desk on its way down, you know it won’t travel through the surface but will instead land on top. These fundamental properties of physical objects seem intuitive to us. Infants as young as three months know that a ball no longer in sight still exists and that the ball can’t teleport from behind the couch to the top of the refrigerator. Despite mastering complex games, such as chess and poker, artificial…

Four children in Mexico were buried in the years after the Spanish Conquest with rituals and grave offerings that suggest that pre-Hispanic customs lived on for some time after the Aztec empire fell. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said Monday the…

A new study challenges what is thought to be the normal pattern of crying, the “cry curve” to which parents are presently often referred to.The study provides a new understanding of what constitutes normal and excessive crying among infantsWhen will my baby stop crying so much?Study shows that the intensity and duration of infant crying do not peak after five weeks which contradicts the “cry curve” that has been widely used for many years, says associate professor Christine Parsons. Credit: AU HealthIf you are a new…

The latest report notifying federal health regulators that a baby died after it had consumed Abbott Laboratories ’ baby formula mentions the cronobacter bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration said.Cronobacter is the same bacteria that previously sickened at least four other infants, including two who died, between September 2021 and February after they had consumed Abbott formula. The bacteria occurs naturally in the environment and can live in dry, powdered foods. It can be fatal in…

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are set to decide whether to recommend Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 6 to 17 years. Children in the age group already have access to Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer Inc. and its partner BioNTech SE. The advisers are scheduled to discuss on Thursday whether Moderna’s shot should also be made available for that age range.…

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new report of another child’s death after consuming Abbott Laboratories ’ baby formula, the agency said Wednesday. The FDA said it learned about the death, which occurred in January, from a consumer complaint it received on June 10. The FDA said its investigation is in preliminary stages, and it will provide an update as it learns more. The FDA didn’t say which Abbott formula the baby had…

Some 1½ years after first authorizing the shots for people of older ages, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded use of the vaccines to the nearly 20 million children in the U.S. from 6 months to under 5 years. A national campaign to vaccinate the young children is expected to kick off as soon as Monday, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signs off in the coming days. To be ready, the Biden administration has been gearing up to get sufficient supplies of the shots to hospitals,…

A positive recommendation would likely lead soon to expanding the U.S. Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the 19.6 million children 6 months old to under 5 years of age, the last group of people in the U.S. waiting for shots. Moderna’s two-dose vaccine is up for the Food and Drug Administration’s authorization in children 6 months to 5 years, while Pfizer’s three-dose shot is under review for children 6 months to 4 years. FDA staff have reviewed data from the companies’ clinical trials, finding the vaccines were…

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration is set to meet Tuesday to consider whether use of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine should be expanded to include children ages 6 through 17.The advisory committee is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on whether the benefits of vaccinating children in this age group outweigh the risks. The FDA will consider the vote in making a final decision on whether to clear the vaccine for use in children 6 years and older. An FDA authorization could…

The FDA staff also said, in a review of study data posted online Sunday, that there were no new safety concerns using the vaccine in young children compared with older age groups. The assessment is the latest sign that authorities are moving closer to clearing inoculations for children under 5 years old, the last group ineligible for Covid-19 vaccination. On Friday, the FDA released a staff review finding that two doses of Moderna Inc.’s Covid-19 vaccine were generally safe and effective in children ages 6…