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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 ...

Cutting the umbilical cord used to be one of the first things doctors did after birth, but things have changed. Here's why ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Infants born before 24 weeks have survival chances below 50 percent, and about 40 percent of those who survive face long-term complications. By 24 weeks, however, the survival rate improves ...

A Suwon court ordered a hospital to compensate a family after doctors refused to perform a C-section during a difficult ...