Newborn babies who are born with a high level of an immune-related protein in their blood cells are less likely to develop malaria throughout their early childhood, a study revealed.

A monkey on Saturday took away a 16-day-old infant from his home in Cuttack, Odisha. After a massive search operation launched by authorities, the baby has been found dead in a well.

Zika virus disrupts oxygen supply to a pregnant woman's placenta, leading to impairment in foetal development and also increases the newborns' susceptibility to additional infections, scientists have found.

A 22-week premature baby, who was wrongly declared dead by the city's Max Super Specialty Hospital on November 30, died here on Wednesday. The family is demanding doctors of Max Hospital be arrested for negligence.

Delhi Police has sent a notice to Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, asking it to be available for questioning in a case where a newborn baby was declared dead along with his still-born twin and handed over the bodies to the parents in plastic bags last week.

In a case of medical negligence, doctors at a city's corporate hospital declared a baby dead, along with his stillborn twin, and handed them over to family members in a polythene bag, but the baby was found to be alive before being buried.

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who was instrumental in the union of actress Asin Thottumkal and Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma, is ecstatic that the couple has welcomed a daughter.

Actress Esha Deol, daughter of veteran actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini, has named her newborn girl Radhya.

US President Donald Trump has called for improving health care access for "quality prenatal, maternal, and newborn care", in addition to ensuring paid family leave for both mothers and fathers, the media reported.

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Friday issued notice to Delhi Police and the Safdarjung Hospital here over one of a pair of twins going missing soon after the birth, seeking a response within 48 hours.