Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in standard car safety seats, warn researchers in this week's BMJ. Infant car safety seats are vital to protect young infants from injury and death in motor vehicle accidents, write Professor Alistair Gunn and Colleagues.

A 20 million euro Department of Health program to develop medicines specifically for use in children will be launched jointly by the University of Liverpool and the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust (Alder Hey) tomorrow

A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere suggests that only one in five inner-city children with chronic asthma gets enough medicine to control dangerous flare-ups of the disease.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most dangerous region in the world for a baby to be born - with 1.16 million babies dying each year in the first 28 days of life - but six low-income African countries, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, have made significant progress in reducing deaths among newborn babies, according to a new report published today.

Global health inequalities are substantial, growing, and influenced by economic, social and health-sector variables as well as geography, a study concludes in the November issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Georgia Tech/Emory technology could help surgeons plan optimum surgery for each child's congenital heart defect.

Measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood of a fetus during labor has no bearing on whether a Caesarean section is performed and does not affect the health of the newborn baby, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a multicenter study.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell today announced the results of the annual physical fitness tests given to all fifth, seventh, and ninth graders enrolled in California public schools.

Health insurance coverage for all children is urgent priority for the governor of NY.