Children are being subjected to perfume and hair dye, while kids as young as six are getting temporary tattoos, risking serious skin issues, according to a new study

An RSV vaccine has been available to pregnant women in Northern Ireland since last September and is offered from 28 weeks of pregnancy. The new programme will cover those infants born very prematurely and too early to benefit from the RSV vaccination given to their mothers.

A new antibody shot that protects babies against RSV infection could be struggling to gain traction, Philadelphia researchers report in the journal Pediatrics

A cohort of eight babies at risk of inheriting mitochondrial disease were born without complications after British scientists used a pioneering IVF technique.

On average, Italian women are now having just 1.18 babies, the lowest level ever recorded. That's under the EU average fertility rate of 1.38 and far below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population.

Police in Indonesia said they have broken up a trafficking syndicate responsible for buying and selling at least 25 babies, most of whom were "adopted" overseas.

I’m torn,” said one reader. “Having a child which would never develop a terrible disease … would be wonderful. However, a little like playing god.”

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 our survival.