Air India plane crash (Photo: AP) AHMEDABAD: Manish Kamdar is inconsolable. “If only…” he repeats, dazed by the cruel hands of fate. He lost his daughter Yasha, her mother-in-law Raxa Modha and the youngest addition to the family, his 15-month-old grandson Rudra, in the crash. What happened at the immigration counter torments Kamdar. An immigration…
A seven-month-old infant was killed by one of her family’s three pit bulls in US’s Ohio, according to her parents. The mother of the baby, Elizah, posted photos of her daughter cuddling with the dogs on Facebook wrote, “I will never understand why!” Police said Eliza was bitten by one of the family’s dogs and…
The Indian Academy of Paediatrics, the largest association of paediatricians in India, has sent an email to all its members warning them against taking part in any event or programme that violates the Infant Milk Substitutes (IMS) Act. The mail further explained that prohibition on sponsorship under IMS Act includes “not only manufacturers of infant…
The new head of the Food and Drug Administration division that regulates infant formula was in recent months a corporate lawyer defending a top formula maker from claims that its product gave rise to debilitating harm to premature babies. Kyle A. Diamantas joined the F.D.A. last month to lead the food division, leaving the law…
Infant mortality increased along with births in most states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research. The findings, in two studies published Thursday in the journal JAMA, also suggest that abortion bans can have the most significant effects on people who are…
A two-month-old baby boy who died in Queens 16 months ago has been confirmed as a homicide victim. Authorities announced that the victim died due to ketamine overdose. Mike Nieto Parra was found unconscious on August 23, 2023. He was at his family’s apartment on 82nd Street near Eliot Avenue in Middle Village. He was…