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53K Tots Now Sick on Tainted Chinese Formula

PM: manufacturers are 'heartless'

(Newser) - China's quality-control chief has stepped down as the number of Chinese babies reported sickened by contaminated formula has soared to 53,000, CNN reports. Some 13,000 have been hospitalized; 40,000 more have been treated as outpatients. One ill toddler has been reported in Hong Kong. Chinese premier Wen...

Japanese Women Dodge Men ISO Mommies, Stay Single

Plunging birth rate causes national alarm

(Newser) - "WANTED: Female to cook, clean, wash my socks, bear and raise my children, and generally enable my workaholism—all while maintaining your own career in a sexist environment." Sound good? Given the choice, many Japanese women are saying to heck with marriage and staying single, reports the Washington ...

TB Scare Unsettles Calif. Maternity Ward

Nearly 1K babies may have been exposed to worker with active case

(Newser) - Nearly 1,000 babies born since March at a San Francisco hospital could have been exposed to tuberculosis, the Chronicle reports, by a maternity-ward worker with an active case. Kaiser Permanente says infection risk is very low, but testing and any treatment needed will be provided to 960 infants and...

Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized
Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized
Aug 14, 2008 10:09 AM CDT

Harvesting Babies' Organs Scrutinized

Critics say hearts removed too soon to be sure donor was dead

(Newser) - A report on heart transplants involving babies has raised some thorny questions of medical ethics, the Washington Post reports. Hearts were taken from newborns suffering severe brain damage less than two minutes after the babies were disconnected from life support. The hearts saved the lives of terminally ill babies, but...

Edwards' Ex-Lover Refuses Paternity Test

She's a 'private person' who's 'not running for office,' lawyer says

(Newser) - John Edwards’ former lover refuses to get a paternity test “now or in the future” for the baby Edwards denies he fathered, the Washington Post reports.  Rielle Hunter’s lawyer said she is a “private person” who is “not running for public office” and “wishes...

Clay Aiken a New Father
 Clay Aiken a New Father
Aug 8, 2008 3:10 PM CDT

Clay Aiken a New Father

(Newser) - Crooner Clay Aiken is now a dad. The former American Idol runner-up welcomed a baby  boy this morning with music producer Jaymes Foster. "He's here!" Aiken wrote on his website. "My dear friend, Jaymes, and I are so excited to announce the birth of Parker Foster Aiken....

Baby Cut From Mother Released From Hospital

Pa. mom allegedly murdered by woman obsessed with infants

(Newser) - A baby who was cut from his mother's womb in a brutal murder has left a Pennsylvania hospital, reports the AP. Police say 18-year-old Kia Johnson was bound with duct tape and viciously attacked last week by 38-year-old Andrea Curry-Demus, who had a history of mental illness and obsession with...

Angry Pitt Threatens Suit Over Baby Pix

Shutterbug with telephoto lens sneaked shots of Pitt-Jolies

(Newser) - A fuming Brad Pitt has threatened to sue anybody who publishes photos surreptitiously taken of him and his family—including the new twins. A snapper recently captured the clan at their French mansion with a powerful telephoto lens, Reuters reports. Pitt and Angelina Jolie have sold the rights to the...

Woman Faces Murder Rap After Baby Is Cut From Teen

She told cops she didn't want miscarriage to upset her mom

(Newser) - Pittsburgh investigators believe a newborn boy brought to a hospital by a woman claiming to be his mother actually was sliced from the uterus of a dead teenager found in the imposter's apartment. Police have identified the victim, who was18 years old and due at the end of the month,...

Record US Births Top Boomer Peak
Record US Births Top Boomer Peak
Jul 18, 2008 4:46 AM CDT

Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

Fertility is lower but larger population adds up to baby bumper crop

(Newser) - More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot...

Kidman Kid Pics Not for Sale... Maybe

Actress says she'd never, but gossip mag says it turned down her demand for $3M

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman says she would never sell pictures of daughter Sunday Rose—but the price may not have been high enough. An editor at a celebrity glossy tells the New York Post the Aussie Oscar-winner “wanted $3 million and we weren't going to pay that.” A Kidman rep...

A Dad's Quest for Mind-Expanding Music

On expert advice, he tries everything from Baroque to 12-tone

(Newser) - A father brings home his newborn and ponders the CD rack: How best to develop the baby's brain? Mozart? Bach? Toddler tunes? With the stakes so high, Jeremy Eichler takes his dilemma to the experts, he writes in the Boston Globe. One tells him that infants benefit from tricky rhythms,...

Cruises Welcome Kidman's Kid
 Cruises Welcome Kidman's Kid  
Jul 11, 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Cruises Welcome Kidman's Kid

Baby gifts include Hermes goods

(Newser) - Tom Cruise’s clan sent a huge baby gift basket to his ex-wife Nicole Kidman in celebration of the birth of her daughter Sunday Rose, People reports. Contrary to reports that Cruise filled Kidman's Nashville hospital room with flowers, he and his brood—including their two kids together—sent the...

McConaughey Lands $3M for Baby Pic

OK! deal also includes baby's first Christmas

(Newser) - Matthew McConaughey landed a $3 million deal with OK! magazine for the first photos of son Levi, TMZ reports, a deal which includes photos of the tyke’s first Christmas. But all were not happy with baby's first payday: "His publicist begged him not to work with [OK!]...

Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?
 Monday's Child Is ... Sunday? 
Jul 8, 2008 12:18 PM CDT

Monday's Child Is ... Sunday?

Celebrity baby name weirdness arms race escalates

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's newborn daughter’s name, Sunday Rose, may be part cross-promotion, part payback, reports MSNBC. The couple decided on the name after Urban wrote a song, "Sunday," about his daughter-to-be—but a source says the name could also be a shot at Tom Cruise's...

It's a Boy for McConaughey
 It's a Boy for McConaughey 
Jul 8, 2008 11:27 AM CDT

It's a Boy for McConaughey

Model girlfriend gave birth last night to first child for herself, actor

(Newser) - Matthew McConaughey's model girlfriend Camila Alves gave birth to a son last night, his rep tells People. No name has been reported for the 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. "Oh, it's going to be fun!" the actor's brother Rooster told the mag. "He'll make a really good dad because...

It's a Girl! Kidman Gives Birth

Sunday arrives on Monday

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman gave birth to her first child with husband Keith Urban this morning, People reports. Sunday Rose Kidman Urban joins two siblings, Isabella, 15, and Connor, 13, from Kidman’s marriage to Tom Cruise. "Keith was by Nicole's side, and mother and baby are very well," a...

Brangelina Twins Weeks Away
 Brangelina Twins Weeks Away 
Jul 2, 2008 12:39 PM CDT

Brangelina Twins Weeks Away

Doctor says Jolie doing well in hospital

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive. Dr. Michael Sussmann says the 33-year-old actress, who is in a hospital on the French Riviera, is doing fine. Asked when Jolie is expected to have her twins, Sussmann replied, "I can't give you a...

We Are What Our Moms Ate
 We Are What Our Moms Ate 
Jul 1, 2008 9:18 AM CDT

We Are What Our Moms Ate

Health problems may stem from mom's junk food diet, study says

(Newser) - Long-term health problems such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease may begin in the womb with mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy, the Guardian reports. A new study suggests expectant mothers who eat unhealthy diets not only risk the health of their newborns, but may set the child up...

Her Name Ain't Baby ... But Ms. Jackson Is Ready for One

Boyfriend Dupri says motherhood could come after 42-year-old singer's fall tour

(Newser) - Janet Jackson has said she’s “allergic to marriage” but the youngest sibling in the entertainment family is ready for a baby, People reports. The 42-year-old's longtime boyfriend, Jermaine Dupri, says he and the pop star will focus on family “soon … right after the tour" she's set...

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