KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – He’s less than two weeks old, but he shows the telltale signs of a baby agitated and in pain: an open sore on his chin where he’s rubbed the skin raw, along with a scratch on ...

KENT, Wash. — A world-renowned nursery that has cared for babies born withdrawing from drugs like opioids discharged its last patient Monday. This comes after the Department of Children, Youth and ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WPVI) -- The ABC7 I-Team looked into the most heartbreaking development of the opioid epidemic: tiny lives that begin drug dependent. They can't "just say no" because they are ...

A troubling side effect of Alaska's spike in opiod abuse is getting increased attention from health care officials: drug-dependent babies who go through withdrawal in the first days of their lives. In ...

Foundation House Ministries’ Executive Director Suzanne Burns says calls into the nonprofit regarding drug-dependent babies born to addicted mothers have reached an all-time high. She says urgent help ...

An increasing number of babies across the country are born addicted to opioids and require intensive care, according to a study analyzing MEDNAX Clinical Data Warehouse statistics from 299 neonatal ...

First lady Melania Trump flew to Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, where she was briefed on babies born dependent on drugs. At the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Trump blew ...

Most babies born to mothers who used drugs throughout their pregnancy stay in the NICU until they are weaned off methadone or similar drugs used to lessen the symptoms of withdrawal. The move to treat ...

More than 1600 babies have been born dependent on drugs since 2017, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats. Freedom of information requests showed that at least 1633 newborns ...

Freedom of information requests showed at least 1,633 newborns in Scotland have received treatment for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS results in a number of symptoms in a newborn baby which ...

In 2008, East Tennessee Children's Hospital treated 33 infants at the hospital for drug dependence, known as neonatal abstinence syndrome. Officials there expect that number to skyrocket to 320 this ...