So far in 2025 (as of May 1), 70 cases of measles have been notified in Australia, with all states and territories except Tasmania and the ...

Ocular prophylaxis with silver nitrate and or antibiotics is ineffective in preventing neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis. By increasing awareness of the potential adverse consequences ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . West Virginia could end a mandate that newborns receive prophylactic ointment against potentially blinding ...

Jordan Niles woke up one morning with a sore right eye last month (March 24) and, believing it to be conjunctivitis, bathed it in sterile water and continued with his day.But two days later ...

Recently, a new class of therapeutics that disable the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), which protects IgG from degradation, has emerged to treat IgG-mediated autoimmune disease. 4,5 Here, we review ...

Growing air pollution, with pollutants like PM2.5, NO2, and SO2, significantly increases the risk of conjunctivitis, especially allergic forms. Studies reveal a strong link between elevated levels ...

Health care providers stress the importance of erythromycin ointment in preventing blindness from gonococcal neonatal conjunctivitis. Ophthalmia neonatorum, particularly its gonococcal form, can lead ...

Each year over 200 children under the age of 5 succumb to pneumonia and neonatal illnesses while least 60 children lose their lives to Rheumatic Heart Disease in Fiji. This has been highlighted by ...

The national coordinator of the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII), Dr Dayo Adeyanju, has disclosed that the Initiative is working around the clock in ...

The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 comes into force in April, providing new rights for staff who care for newborns. Here’s what HR and employers need to know. Following the passing of the ...