Fold in new foods, provide food diversity and try to eat together. These and other suggestions could make introducing solid foods an exciting season of growth, experimentation and fun, experts say.
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He’s a pandemic pundit on TV. Now he’s Biden’s new coronavirus czar.
Ashish Jha of Brown University faces a test as he helms the pandemic response.
How Russia’s Ukraine invasion doomed the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine
It is an inauspicious fall for a vaccine whose arrival stunned the world.
Sleep training could benefit some babies — and their parents
Sleep training “might take a while, but it’s a short-term consequence for a long-term gain,” says one expert.
When breastfeeding doesn’t just come naturally
Nursing is not an all-or-nothing method. Every mom’s journey looks different.
Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky?
Scientists think a murmuration is a visual invitation to attract other starlings to join a group night roost.
Gestational diabetes during pregnancy is rising. Experts are alarmed.
It increases the risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy and the chances of having a large baby. The baby also is at higher risk of an early birth as well as for developing type 2 diabetes in the future.
Emily Oster: Data that parents collect about their babies has limits
“Sometimes our data is very limited or it’s just very difficult to answer questions — or the answer is kind of different for everybody,” says the author of best-selling parenting books
Medicare limits payments for new Alzheimer’s drug to clinical trials
Medicare coverage for a costly, but controversial, new Alzheimer’s drug will go only to people enrolled in approved clinical trials despite FDA endorsement of the medication.
U.S. life expectancy continued to drop in 2021, new analysis shows
In 2020, a dramatic decline in life expectancy was most pronounced among Hispanic and Black Americans, a reflection of the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus. But in 2021, Whites drove the entirety of the decline.
