Infants

Both parents to receive sick days for hospitalized infant

Knesset committee greenlights bill to allow both parents of infant requiring hospitalization to take sick days.

Economy Min. warns: Plastic playpen-crib may pose risk to infants

'Luly' model crib-playpen should not be used as a playpen due to safety issues, Israeli ministry warns.

Unvaccinated infant hospitalized with meningitis

Eleven-month-old unvaccinated infant hospitalized in PICU after contracting Haemophilus influenza B, developing meningitis.

First responder:

'They took the baby and put it, literally, in a kitchen oven'

An Israeli first responder recalls tending to the body of a baby burnt in an oven.

Daycare worker leaves bleach in infants' bottles

'I know the assistant and I warned about her, I said there were problems with her,' mother of one of the infants says.

Israel's most popular baby names: Avigayil and Mohammed

Popular Arab name tops list of 10 names most commonly given to boys born in Israel over the past year.

Botched circumcision leaves infant in the hospital

The infant was admitted to the hospital and underwent urgent sensitive surgery. Urologist: 'I don't remember such a severe case'.

Toddler falls off climbing equipment and dies

Infant, 1.5 years, sustains critical injuries and dies after falling off playground equipment in Be'er Sheva daycare.

Infant who contracted COVID-19 removed from ECMO machine

Condition of one-year-old placed on ECMO machine due to COVID-19 complications improves.

Study: Most unexpected infant deaths due to unsafe bedding

Vast majority of SUID cases due to unsafe sleep environment, while just 1% are truly inexplicable, new CDC study shows.

Parents of 3-month-old with brain hemorrhage suspected of abuse

Police arrest parents of a three-month-old in southern Israel hospitalized due to brain hemorrhage.

2 infants diagnosed with drug-resistant bacteria

2 preemies at Tel Aviv hospital infected with deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but are not in danger as they are only carriers.

Week before Rosh Hashanah plagued by infant deaths

The week before the Jewish New Year tragically saw the deaths of 4 infants in as many days.

Four infants hospitalized due to E. coli outbreak

At least 8 babies from a Kibbutz near Gaza area were infected by the germ, believed transmitted from petting zoo.

UNRWA 'Infant Mortality' Report Deeply Flawed

UN organization in Gaza deliberately misrepresented an unreliable scientific study as facts on the ground, blog finds.