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'The village will die' - Italy looks for answers to decline in number of babies
On average, Italian women are now having just 1.18 babies, the lowest level ever recorded. That's under the EU average ...
Post readers react to elite’s aim to create ‘super-babies’
I’m torn,” said one reader. “Having a child which would never develop a terrible disease … would be wonderful. However, a ...
Few babies getting RSV antibody shot, study says
A new antibody shot that protects babies against RSV infection could be struggling to gain traction, Philadelphia researchers ...
RSV vaccine to be offered to premature babies in NI
An RSV vaccine has been available to pregnant women in Northern Ireland since last September and is offered from 28 weeks of ...
Inside the Silicon Valley push to breed super-babies
Investors say genetic prediction services for embryos, used by Elon Musk and others, are a trust fund for future children.
Ireland is opening its mass grave of 796 babies
In the small Irish town of Tuam, Ireland, nearly 800 babies and young children disappeared — their remains hidden in a septic ...
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How do babies communicate?
Beth There you go! So that’s now, but as babies, we’re not able to speak – we can only communicate with our bodies or by crying. We can’t clothe, feed or wash ourselves – we rely on others totally for ...
13 people arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of trafficking babies
Police in Indonesia said they have broken up a trafficking syndicate responsible for buying and selling at least 25 babies, ...