Australia's birth rate has fallen substantially in the past decade, according to the latest data from the federal government's Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Mum Ashlee Eager is one of several community members supporting Mater Hospitals Day of Giving, crediting staff with saving her micropremmie baby last year.
New technology is making things a little easier for families who have newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit at Melbourne's Monash Children's Hospital.
Life expectancy in Australia continues to increase, with Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory taking the crown for the longest-lived residents.
Melbourne researchers have developed a new screening program to help identify a common virus that can lead to hearing loss and neurodevelopmental disorders in newborn babies.
Investigators exhumed Baby Jane II from her resting place in Jackson County Memorial Park in Pascagoula, with hopes of finding her true name, 40 years after her death.
The parents of a Brisbane baby who almost died after she was born with a rare genetic illness are calling for Queensland Health to follow NSW's lead and start screening for the condition in newborns.
A Queensland dad who called Triple Zero after his pregnant wife's waters broke found himself being coaxed through handling his own daughter's delivery.
A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies at once — after only expecting seven, according to Mali's Minister of Health and the Moroccan clinic where the nonuplets were born.
Shares of Honest Co, the diaper and baby-wipe seller founded by actress Jessica Alba, soared 44 per cent in their stock market debut, valuing the company at over $2.7 billion AUD.
A common but largely unknown virus causes more birth defects in infants than any other viral infection with parents and authorities aiming to raise awareness.
They found that protective IgG antibodies were transferred across the placenta in 72 out of 83 infected or previously infected pregnant women they studied.
South Australian businessman and philanthropist Gordon Pickard has offered to pay $5 million for the state government to purchase life-saving paediatric cardiac machines not available in the state – but he was knocked back.
When Brittney McCauley went into labour this morning, her partner James was no doubt hoping it would be a simple task to drive her 30 minutes from their Shell Cove home to Wollongong Hospital, south of Sydney.
A group of firefighters in Far North Queensland have gone above and beyond the call of duty helping a mother deliver her baby before ambulance crews arrived.
Just five minutes from home and only 10 minutes from the hospital, Little Jordan made an early entrance by the side of the Gold Coast M1 near Helensvale.