The umbilical cord is the tube-like structure that carries food and oxygen from a mother to their baby while pregnant. It also carries waste products away from the baby so the mother’s body can get ...

Applying chlorhexidine, a simple antiseptic, to the umbilical cord likely lowers the risk of cord infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to a recent review published in the ...

Early care and hygiene set calves up for a strong start. Umbilical health might seem routine, but what happens at the navel in the first few days of life can shape a calf’s future health and ...

Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia (ANN) is a rare cause of neutropenia in newborns, resulting from maternal antibodies directed against paternal antigens present on fetal neutrophils, in a mechanism ...

A woman gave birth during the second period of Saturday’s game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place. Oh, apologies for the confusion. This didn’t take place at a ...

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Thrombotic meningoencephalitis (TME) is a fatal neurological disease of cattle, predominantly from North America, that is caused by Histophilus somni with sporadic descriptions from other countries.