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News Articles: babies

Yale cognitive neuroscientist Nick Turk-Browne works with a baby and parent during a brain scan.

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  • Science

Why don't we remember being babies? Brain scans reveal new clues

Why can't we remember when we were babies? Scientists who scanned infants' brains found that they do make memories. The findings suggest these memories may still exist, but are inaccessible to us.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Instructions for a fingernail filing gadget for infants says, "Stay away from children." It's enough to make a new parent holler.

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  • Children's Health

Oh dear! Baby gear! Why are the manuals so unclear?

Sure, new parents are an anxious lot. But instruction manuals for devices meant to keep the baby safe and healthy are daunting and add to the anxiety. Why are they so confusing?

May 01, 2024
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  • Darius Tahir

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  • Family

I flew to Japan with my baby. Here's what I learned about traveling with young kids

Looking to travel this spring with your little one? These tips and tricks can make the journey not just manageable, but enjoyable. Travel experts explain how to navigate packing, air travel and tourism with a kid under age 2.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Emily Siner
A child from the Mbendjele people, a hunter-gatherer community that lives in the northern rainforests of the Republic of Congo. A new study found that children in this society have on average 8 caregivers in addition to the mother to provide hands-on attention.

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  • Family

Bringing up a baby can be a tough and lonely job. Here's a solution: alloparents

"Allo" is Greek for "other." Alloparents are helpful relatives and neighbors. In a study from Congo, babies had 8 alloparents on average. Perhaps the self-reliant nuclear family is a societal misstep.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
Newborn babies were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Egypt on Nov. 20, 2023.

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  • World

The Gaza war's youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents

On Monday, 28 newborns were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, after being transported from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four mothers accompanied the babies. It's not known how many of the other parents are alive.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Anas Baba,
  • Lauren Frayer,
  • and 1 more
A growing number of doctors and safe sleep advocates are warning about the potential dangers of weighted sleepwear for infants.

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  • Family

Weighted infant sleepwear is meant to help babies rest better. Critics say it's risky

Parents are increasingly turning to weighted sleepwear to help lull their babies to sleep, but a growing number of doctors and safe sleep advocates warn it comes with risks that shouldn't be ignored.

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
The Boppy Newborn Lounger has now been linked to at least 10 babies' deaths since 2015 — including two that were reported after the 2021 recall, according to federal authorities.

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  • Children's Health

2 more infants die using Boppy loungers after a product recall was issued in 2021

The loungers were sold in stores such as Amazon, Pottery Barn Kids, Target and Walmart from January 2004 to September 2021. A total of 10 deaths have been linked to the product.

June 06, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from midwife Marie-Josée Miezan. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms — and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies.

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  • Children's Health

PHOTOS: The moms (and dads) of Ivory Coast are falling in love with kangaroo care

Can the warmth of a parent's chest be a boon to babies, especially premature births? In the 1970s, Colombian researchers found it did. The technique has gone global. Ivory Coast is the latest convert.

September 18, 2022
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  • Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
The Fisher-Price Infant-to-Toddler Rocker and Newborn-to-Toddler Rocker were tied to at least 13 deaths over a 12-year period.

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  • Business

Government agency and Fisher-Price warn parents of over a dozen deaths from rockers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission advised parents advised to not let babies fall asleep in rockers after multiple deaths tied to Fisher-Price products.

June 16, 2022
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  • Shauneen Miranda
Wesley Reimer feeds his son Marshall from a bottle in their Macon home. Reimer partially blames the current baby formula shortage on panicked shoppers stockpiling formula and on profiteers selling formula online.

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  • Children's Health

The national baby formula shortage means struggle for many Georgia families

For some Georgia families, the ongoing formula shortage is compounded by larger issues of food access or a variety of things that make shifting to breastfeeding difficult — if not impossible. 

May 23, 2022
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  • Tanya Ott
Image shows a baby's hand holding an adult index finger.

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  • News

Social Security Administration releases Georgia's top 10 baby names for 2021

The Social Security Administration has released its annual list of top 10 baby names by state for 2021.

May 13, 2022
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  • Allexa Ceballos
Ahmaud Arbery's mother Wanda Cooper-Jones, center, speaks with supporters after Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: McMichaels want plea deal for federal charges in Arbery killing; SCOTUS nomination

Monday on Political Rewind: The McMichaels have reached a plea deal to avoid federal charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, but a judge needs to sign off on it. Arbery's parents are calling the deal a betrayal. Meanwhile, David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, has been subpoenaed. He'll testify to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. Plus, we look at how the Supreme Court could change after the retirement of Justice Breyer. 

January 31, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
This stock image shows a baby and father playing at home. New research finds that babies judge the relationship between two people by whether or not they willingly share saliva.

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  • Science

Even babies and toddlers know that swapping saliva is a sure sign of love

For infants, toddlers, and children, one sign of an especially close relationship is if two people do something that involves exchanging saliva, like taking bites from the same piece of food.

January 20, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
Protesters gather in front of the Brunswick City Hall during a march for Ahmaud Arbery.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Looking back at some of our most memorable stories of 2021

On this special year-end edition of the Georgia Today podcast, we look back at some of our most memorable episodes from 2021.

December 24, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
GPB News NPR

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  • Family

Boppy Recalls 3.3. Million Baby Pillows After The Deaths Of 8 Infants

The loungers were sold in stores from January 2004 to September 2021. Retailers including Amazon, Pottery Barn Kids, Target and Walmart carried the product.

September 23, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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