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Israeli attack on Gaza kills three family members, including infant | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli attack on Gaza kills three family members, including infant | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published by Sam Flores

Mohammad Abu Mallouh, ​Alaa Zaqlan and their child, Osama, killed in the attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp, medics say. Published On 24 May 202624 May 2026 An Israeli air raid on a home in Gaza has killed three members of a family, including a six-month-old child, medical workers said, as Israel continues to violate the “ceasefire” brokered by the United States last year. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza said it received the bodies of a couple and their young child in the early hours of Sunday morning. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Medics identified those killed in the attack on an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp as Mohammad Abu Mallouh, his wife Alaa Zaqlan, and their child Osama, the Reuters news agency reported. Medical workers said about 10 people were wounded in the attack. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Since the “ceasefire” came into effect in October, Israel has continued with its near-daily attacks across the besieged Palestinian territory, which Gaza health …

Meet the woman turning wedding dresses into ‘angel gowns’ for infant funerals

Meet the woman turning wedding dresses into ‘angel gowns’ for infant funerals

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more A woman in Wisconsin is showing her support for grieving families by transforming donated wedding dresses into burial garments for infants. Rock County-based Rosann Cassiopi opened up about her decade of crafting the garments, also known as angel gowns, during a recent interview with Spectrum News 1. She spends 40 hours a week working as a volunteer seamstress for the non-profit organization Real Imprints. The company runs The Angel Gowns Project, which makes the garments for children who died due to a miscarriage or stillbirth, or shortly after birth. Cassiopi retired early after being diagnosed with spastic paraparesis — a rare neurological condition that causes muscle stiffness in the lower limbs, according to the Cleveland Clinic — leaving her with free time. Despite knowing …

U.S. sanctions likely raised infant mortality rate in Cuba, study says

U.S. sanctions likely raised infant mortality rate in Cuba, study says

Published by Sam Flores

A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research found that U.S. sanctions imposed on Cuba at the start of the first Trump administration were “likely the primary cause” for the increase in the infant mortality rate on the island. From 2018 to 2025, the infant mortality rate — which measures the number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births — in Cuba surged by 148%, the report found. The timeline for that increase has coincided with harsher economic sanctions implemented by Presidents Trump and Biden. “US sanctions have targeted Cuba’s key sources of export earnings, such as tourism, remittances from Cuban Americans to their family members, and even by putting pressure on other countries to end primary care programs staffed by Cuban doctors,” CEPR International Research fellow Joe Sammut said in a press release. “These measures sharply reduced Cuba’s capacity to pay for needed food and medicines.” Despite decades of economic instability and having the title of “developing” country, Cuba has historically had a lower infant …

FDA issues ruling on US infant formula supply after contaminant study

FDA issues ruling on US infant formula supply after contaminant study

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore A new federal analysis has offered reassuring findings regarding the safety of infant formula in the U.S., reporting “reassuringly low levels” of heavy metals, pesticides, and other potential contaminants. Federal health officials released the findings on Wednesday. The comprehensive review, conducted as part of the Food and Drug Administration’s Operation Stork Speed project, was described as the “largest and most rigorous” to date. It concluded that the nation’s infant formula supply is “safe,” a sentiment echoed by both agency officials and independent experts. “There’s no reason not to use any available formula” in the U.S., stated Dr. Steven Abrams, a pediatrics professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who reviewed the study’s findings. Between 2023 and 2025, FDA officials meticulously tested over 300 samples of commercial infant formula. The extensive screening targeted heavy metals, including lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury, …

Repurposed drugs could improve treatment for rare infant leukaemia

Repurposed drugs could improve treatment for rare infant leukaemia

Published by skeptic

A research team identified three genes connected to a rare form of childhood leukaemia and found that clinically available drugs had a positive influence on these genes in tests on mice, increasing rates of survival. KMT2A::AFF1 positive B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (BCP-ALL) is a rare but severe form of infant leukaemia, caused by changes in the KMT2A::AFF1 gene. Characterised by rapid disease progression, a high risk of relapse and limited treatment options, BCP-ALL requires equally aggressive chemotherapy, although this can in turn cause serious side effects. BCP-ALL is also the most common genetic driver of leukaemia in infants, occurring in the majority of cases diagnosed in children aged one and under. Acetazolamide and tacrolimus could be alternatives to intense chemotherapy drugs However, research from the University of Edinburgh has shown promise for developing more effective treatments. In studies on mice, three microRNA molecules (miR-194, miR-99b and miR-125a-5p) that are found at unusually low levels in BCP-ALL sufferers, were restored and consequently displayed slowed growth and survival of cancer cells. Three genes linked to this …

Israeli Strike Kills Infant Girl in South Lebanon During Father’s Funeral

Israeli Strike Kills Infant Girl in South Lebanon During Father’s Funeral

Published by Sam Flores

By Thomas Suen and Louisa Gouliamaki TYRE, Lebanon April 12 (Reuters) – Wrapped in bloodied bandages, Aline ⁠Saeed, ⁠seven, barely survived the Israeli strike on her ⁠home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of a truce ​spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives. The strike on the Saeed family home in the village of Srifa took ‌place on Wednesday, the first day of a ‌U.S.-Iran ceasefire https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ that many in Lebanon hoped would apply to their country, too. Instead, Israeli strikes killed more than 350 across Lebanon and left ⁠the Saeed family with ⁠four more relatives to bury. “They said it was a ceasefire. Like all these people, we ​went up to the village. We went to the casket to read the prayers and walk home… suddenly we felt like a storm was landing right on us,” said Nasser Saeed, Aline’s 64-year-old grandfather, who also survived.  On Sunday, he joined other relatives in the southern port city of Tyre to …

Family’s struggle for answers as baby battles mysterious ‘floppy infant syndrome’

Family’s struggle for answers as baby battles mysterious ‘floppy infant syndrome’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore A family is enduring significant hardship as they desperately seek a diagnosis for their 14-month-old daughter, who is battling a mysterious, undiagnosed illness. Elyza, the daughter of Yasmin Whittington, 30, from Brechin, Angus, is afflicted by an unknown condition manifesting as persistent sickness, poor feeding, diminished muscle tone, and chronic fatigue. The symptoms first emerged when Elyza was just two months old, leading to months of hospitalisation and numerous diagnostic tests in an attempt to identify her ailment. Her mother, Ms Whittington, has been forced to leave her job to provide full-time care for Elyza. She said: “It all started when Elyza was about two months old. She began being sick, she wasn’t feeding right and she was very floppy. I knew something wasn’t right. “Her muscle tone was almost non-existent, and she would sleep around 21 hours a day. She …

New injectable clotting gel can make infant surgery less dangerous

New injectable clotting gel can make infant surgery less dangerous

Published by Jenni Sidey

When a newborn requires surgery, the question of how to manage bleeding becomes more complicated than it is for adults or older children. Infant blood clots differently. The fibrin network that forms when blood coagulates in newborns is looser and more porous than in adults. It also breaks down faster, and relies on different molecular interactions to form at all. This biological immaturity creates a dangerous mismatch when infants receive blood products from adult donors. This is the standard approach when surgical blood loss must be replaced. Adult fibrinogen, a key clotting protein, can make infant clots stiffer and more resistant to natural breakdown than they should be. As a result, this raises the risk of thrombosis, where clots form in unintended locations like the lungs. Infants undergoing surgery face roughly four times higher post-surgical mortality than older patients. The limitations of current blood product options also contribute to that disparity. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have now developed an injectable synthetic material designed to …

Death of football manager Steve Bruce’s infant grandson leads to calls for urgent action | UK News

Death of football manager Steve Bruce’s infant grandson leads to calls for urgent action | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

A coroner has called for action after the death of baby Madison Bruce Smith, who died after he was placed in an “unsafe sleeping position” in his cot by an unregulated maternity nurse. The four-month-old grandson of football manager Steve Bruce was found unresponsive by his father, ex-Leeds United and Fulham striker Matt Smith, on the morning of 18 October 2024. Madison could not be resuscitated at the family home in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and was taken to Wythenshawe Hospital where he was pronounced dead by paramedics. Mr Smith and his wife, Bruce’s daughter Amy, had employed Eva Clements through a company named Ruthie Maternity Services after their son had difficulties sleeping in the afternoons. They believed Ms Clements was skilled, fully trained and vetted, and that the company was a well-established maternity and sleep support service, but Stockport Coroner’s Court heard that neither was regulated. The inquest heard Madison’s parents would “never have dreamed” of putting their son down to sleep in the prone position, but had been advised to by the maternity nurse …