Researchers say they found that infection with a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth significantly worsens an often-fatal complication of premature birth called ...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is one of the most frustrating diseases we deal with in the neonatal intensive care unit. Since Santulli and colleagues' [1] initial description of 64 cases of NEC ...

The Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy. Our organization is led by patient-families and ...

In a recent study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a group of researchers assessed the strain-specific effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) in preterm infants through a ...

A University of Arizona College of Nursing-led research team will use a $1.9 million Department of Health and Human Services grant to lead a nationwide effort to keep babies safe from the deadly ...

A jury has found Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston guilty of negligence in the case of a premature baby who died of necrotizing enterocolitis in 2004, according to a Boston Herald report.