Infant mortality
UN warns child mortality reduction is stalling with 4.9M deaths in 2024
Most of the deaths were preventable with better access to healthcare and low-cost interventions for challenges like complications from pre-term birth or diseases like malaria, the report said.
Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction
Unvaccinated baby dies of measles in 15th case since outbreak began, Health Ministry says
Jerusalem daycare tragedy exposes years of neglect, lawlessness, and failed oversight - editorial
Israeli infant becomes eighth measles fatality amid nationwide outbreak
Israel’s measles outbreak has claimed an eighth victim, as cases spread to nine cities and vaccination rates surge.
The tragedy continues: Seventh Jerusalem baby dies from measles
A 1-year-old toddler in Jerusalem died from measles, marking the seventh fatality in the outbreak. The Ministry of Health stresses the disease is preventable through vaccination.
Bacterium outbreak kills one prenatal baby, infects three at Haifa's Rambam Health Care Campus
The hospital stated that the condition of the three infected babies was stable, while also confirming that the infection had been contained in the NICU with no further cases reported.
MDA evacuates premature infants ahead of expected Iranian retaliation
The operation, conducted at the request of the Health Ministry, involves transferring patients to safe areas to ensure their safety.
Severe but stable: Improvement in baby's condition of woman murdered in terror attack
“Our medical teams are prepared and continue to provide dedicated and comprehensive care,” the medical center said.
Jerusalem baby dies of whooping cough, mother not vaccinated - Health Ministry
Whooping cough is a dangerous disease, particularly for infants under six months.
Twelve infants die in a day at Indian hospital, opposition alleges negligence
India's public healthcare system is woefully ill-equipped, plagued by a dearth of staff and equipment.
