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Tufts Medical Center welcomes Senator Elizabeth Warren and other legislative leaders to learn more about our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Milk Lab.

The MIRI was very well represented at the annual Perinatal Research Society Annual Meeting Utah from September 29-October 1, in the beautiful setting of Park City.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported an alarming spike in newborn congenital syphilis cases over the past decade.

A new, three-year NIH grant will expand Dr. Elizabeth Yen's research and initial pilot study findings about the effects of prenatal opioid exposure in an infant's first year of life.

Targeted genome sequencing found to deliver routine results more quickly and at a lower cost; lack of standardization in analytic techniques remains a barrier to diagnosis and medical care for genetic disorders in the first year of life.

Lowell General Hospital recently went live with a new state-of-the art camera system in the Special Care Nursery (NICU unit).

MIRI researchers are now able to identify genes affecting abnormal feeding habits in newborns who were prenatally exposed to opioids.

Luis was born with a craniofacial abnormality, but his twin was not. A year later, thanks to Tufts Medical Center, Luis and his twin now look identical.

Eight-week-old Abegael spent six long weeks in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Tufts Medical Center in Boston battling respiratory failure due to RSV.

Lowell General Hospital was recently recognized by the National Safe Sleep Hospital Certification Program with its highest designation, Gold Safe Sleep Champion, for its commitment to best practices and education on infant safe sleep.

Tufts Medical Center and Prapela have been awarded a joint $2.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to help advance the development hospital bassinets for the treatment of newborns diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)/Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS).

A national clinical trial led by Tufts Children’s Hospital researchers has found that both targeted genome sequencing and whole genome sequencing may help diagnose genetic abnormalities in neonates and infants. However, the technology and interpretations of results continue to have significant limitations that require further research and understanding.

More than 2,000 babies are born each year at The Birthplace at Lowell General Hospital, but only one can be first.

Alexander Biddell was born with a rare condition that caused the central region of his neck to not develop properly. Luckily, Dr. Alexander Marston an otolaryngologist at Tufts Medical Center at Tufts Medical Center was able to diagnose and treat him.

Working with licensed therapists, our physicans are using music exposure to help improve the health of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).