Before the disaster, it suffered from high death rates among babies and high rates of H.I.V./AIDS,hepatitis and other communicable diseases.

VOA: special.2010.02.01

Doctor Ndiaye says babies who weigh less than two kilos get special attention from midwives who assist with the births.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Speaking of personal questions, there is an expression people sometimes use when their children ask, "where do babies come from?"

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden tested blood from the umbilical cords of thirty-seven newborn babies.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

from mother to child. She noted a United Nations report that in two thousand eight about four hundred thirty thousand babies were born with H.I.V.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

To do that, Costello's co-lead researcher took samples of bacteria from mothers and babies immediately before and after birth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

"One room houses over 150 women and 50 babies, many suffering from illnesses related to the cramped and unsanitary conditions of the center."

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The researchers suspect that the newborn c-section babies might be picking up their generic bacteria mix from the air - one way bacteria gets on our skin.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

But even when parents follow all the guidelines, putting their babies to sleep on their backs, removing blankets and stuffed animals from their cribs, infants still die without warning.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Dr.Kinney and other researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston studied the brains of babies who died from SIDS and compared them to brains of babies who died of other causes.

VOA: standard.2010.02.08

Newborns need a vaccination within the first day of life to prevent transmission of the virus from their mothers, and babies need two more doses within the first six months for full immunity.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26