Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) has widespread implications for neonates. While mostly affecting preterm neonates, full-term neonates, especially those with congenital heart disease, are also at risk.

In 2001, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Neonatal Research Network reported (from a data set of 14 centers) an overall incidence of proven NEC of 7% in very ...

and reductions in the infectious diseases that disproportionately kill children and adolescents. At the same time, population aging and growth are amplifying the speed of the shift from ...

Infection occurs when an organism, such as a virus or bacterium, invades the body. The infectious agent rapidly multiplies in the body’s tissues. Although not all infections result in disease ...

HHS has terminated contracts with Moderna worth more than $700 million that were meant to fund the company’s development of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines, including the company’s H5 bird flu ...

Infectious-disease diagnostics is the procedure by which the causative agent of an infectious disease is identified and often characterized. It can be based solely on clinical presentation or more ...