Babies born during the early months of the pandemic scored slightly lower on a screening of their developmental skills than those born prior to the pandemic, regardless of whether their mothers had ...

A new autism diagnostic tool could enable earlier detection — and it’s as simple as going to the bathroom. The breakthrough ...

New research suggests that the more children are exposed to screens at age 1, the more likely they are to experience developmental delay in the years that follow. In a study looking at over 7,000 ...

While toddlers seem resilient to COVID-19, this new study highlights how socioeconomic factors, not the virus, may play a larger role in developmental outcomes. Study: Association between SARS-CoV-2 ...

A new study linked screen time among children at age 1 with delays in certain developmental domains at ages 2 and 4. In a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers sought to ...

Giving your phone or tablet to very young children to keep them occupied may seem like a good idea at the time, but experts advise looking for other ways to calm your kids. A study found that early ...

• Parents of children with developmental delay and behavioral problems face many obstacles to care, including financial challenges, shortages of mental health clinicians, fear of stigma, ...

A new study, which raised concerns that COVID during pregnancy might significantly increase the risk of developmental delays in a child's first year of life, is receiving both praise and criticism.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers explored the association between in utero cannabis exposure and infant health care utilization. They found that those cannabis-exposed infants ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) encompass highly prevalent conditions such as autism and epilepsy, with cognitive disabilities alone affecting 1-3% of the global population. Developmental epileptic ...

Babies born during the early months of the pandemic scored slightly lower on a screening of their developmental skills than those born prior to the pandemic, regardless of whether their mothers had ...