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DURHAM, NC (WTVD) -- The birth of baby lemur Ranomasina is extra special. "This is not just any baby," says Bobby Schopler, a veterinarian at the Duke Lemur Center since 2005. "This is the most ...

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In many parts of the world, rates of cesarean delivery are too high, and growing. We need to understand the potential consequences. In the UK, for instance, about one-quarter of babies are born by ...

A caesarean (or C-section) is when a cut is made in your tummy and womb to deliver your baby. In the UK around 25% of babies are born via Caesarean section. Around 10% are elective C-sections (i.e.

Babies born by C-section are unlikely to receive protection from a single dose of measles vaccine, a new study finds. A single measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective ...

A study by the University of Cambridge, UK, and Fudan University, China, has found that a single dose of the measles jab is up to 2.6 times more likely to be completely ineffective in children born by ...

The baby gorilla has been named Jameela, which is Swahili for "beautiful," and was born four to six weeks early, the zoo said. "We're only five weeks in and it's been around-the-clock care," Fort ...

A baby girl was born by emergency C-section in Louisiana after her teen mother was critically shot during a suspected road rage incident — and is unlikely to ever meet her newborn daughter. The girl ...

ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived. According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, ...

Most of us have likely never considered that the way we are born could shape our lives and overall characters. Yet, according to Mariya Nurislamova, who describes herself as a “spiritual teacher, ...