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February 7, 2021 According to the World Health Organization, one in 10 babies worldwide is born before 37 weeks of gestation each year. While researchers don’t fully understand why babies are born prematurely, the many long-term effects of premature birth have been widely documented. Babies born prematurely may have more health problems at birth and later in life than full-term infants. They can have intellectual and developmental disabilities, or problems with their lungs, brain, eyes, and other organs, according to the March of Dimes. Nemours has previously led work to successfu...

WHYY By (Tembinkosi Sikupela / Unsplash) Heather Burris remembers growing up in a small, predominantly Black suburb on the north end of Hartford, Connecticut. Burris would go on to pursue a career in medicine, but she said her early experiences as a white girl in her hometown had an immense impact on her life’s trajectory. “Within my small micro-community, I was a minority and was able to see the world in more of a racialized lens,” said Dr. Burris. “And so when I came into medicine [and] I would see the sort of over-representation of Black infants in the neonatal intensive care unit,...

Highmark Delaware, Nemours join collaborative to study effects of COVID-19 on preterm birth Delaware News Desk Highmark Delaware and Nemours Children’s Health System are joining a collaborative effort to study what effects, if any, the COVID-19 pandemic is having on preterm birth.   According to the World Health Organization, worldwide one in 10 babies are born before 37 weeks each year. While researchers don’t fully know why babies are born prematurely, what is known is the many long-term and lasting effects of a premature birth.   A baby born prematurely may have more health problems...