Hospitals

A Connecticut family whose day-old infant died of a massive hemorrhage in February filed a lawsuit accusing a Greenwich Hospital delivery doctor of vacuuming the newborn’s head more than a dozen times during birth.

The Scripps Mercy Chula Vista maternity ward will be consolidated with the labor and delivery unit at Scripps Hillcrest facility, officials said

In California alone, hospitalizations spiked statewide by more than 14 percent over that same time period. But in San Diego County, hospitals aren’t reporting a lot of COVID-19 activity. “We’re not seeing a large increase in cases or hospitalizations,” said San Diego County Public Health Officer Dr. Wilma Wooten.

NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas spoke with the county’s chief public health official and a primary care doctor to find out why.

A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception when she preyed on the vulnerabilities of premature and sick newborns as well as their anxious parents.

Brittany Mahomes shared that her and Patrick Mahomes’ 8-month-old son Bronze recently had a scary trip to the emergency room, which occurred not long after learning he has a severe peanut allergy.

Many hospitals say they’ve skipped, delayed or rationed medications, including critical cancer drugs, as the crisis across the country continues.