Read more infant stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5787/infant.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71487/obese-4-month-old-denied-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Colorado couple is baffled that their baby has been denied health insurance coverage because of a preexisting condition: obesity. “I could understand if we could control what he's eating,” says the boy’s father. “But he's 4 months old. He's breast-feeding. We can't put him on the Atkins diet.” An...http://www.newser.com/story/71487/obese-4-month-old-denied-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 14:04:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70424/infant-killed-in-la-gang-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 4-month-old baby boy was fatally wounded in a gang confrontation as he was being fed in a parked car in Los Angeles, police said. Andrew Garcia was rushed to a local hospital where he died. A pregnant family friend who was feeding Andrew was wounded. A teen with criminal...http://www.newser.com/story/70424/infant-killed-in-la-gang-shooting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 3:09:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor Katie Roiphe, the connection with her newborn child is like an “addiction," she writes on DoubleX. "There is an opium-den quality to maternity leave. The high of a love that obliterates everything.” Why, then, can’t feminists accept that motherhood is more than a “vocation?” Sure, “the act of caring...http://www.newser.com/story/67747/feminists-dont-get-it-motherhoods-a-drug.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64281/cats-do-use-mind-control-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCats seeking food use a cry that humans find maximally urgent and annoying, LiveScience reports. Researchers played a range of cat calls for humans and found that one—a high-pitched cry embedded in a purr—to be the most difficult to ignore, whether the subject owned a cat or not....http://www.newser.com/story/64281/cats-do-use-mind-control-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 16:05:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60794/tv-slows-babies-learning-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInfants’ time in front of the tube can mean less interaction with parents—interaction key to language development, a study suggests. Over 2 years, researchers recorded what kids aged two months to 4 years heard and said in random 12- to 16-hour periods. The scientists found that every additional hour...http://www.newser.com/story/60794/tv-slows-babies-learning-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Jun 2009 15:10:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58447/emma-dethrones-emily-as-most-popular-girls-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmma was the most popular baby name for girls in the US last year, knocking Emily out of the top spot after 12 years, the AP reports. Jacob remains the most popular boys name for the 10th straight year. President Obama’s uncommon given name didn’t make it into the top...http://www.newser.com/story/58447/emma-dethrones-emily-as-most-popular-girls-name.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 11:09:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58031/uk-baby-food-worse-than-a-burger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome of Britain's most popular baby food is no more healthy than a cheeseburger, the Guardian reports. A survey by Britain's Children’s Food Campaign showed that a common weaning food by Heinz contained more sugar than a chocolate biscuit, and a mini cheese biscuit made by the company had more...http://www.newser.com/story/58031/uk-baby-food-worse-than-a-burger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 16:24:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55673/palins-are-lying-about-where-i-lived-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLevi Johnston is standing his ground against Alaska's first family, insisting that he did live at Sarah Palin’s house for two months, which the Palins deny. “They said I didn’t live there,” Johnston said on CBS' Early Show. “They say I ‘stayed there.’ I had all my stuff there....http://www.newser.com/story/55673/palins-are-lying-about-where-i-lived-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 14:52:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54082/s-africa-will-test-new-tb-vaccine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA study starting next month will test a new vaccine's ability to prevent tuberculosis, Bloomberg reports. Researchers will give 2800 South African babies the new shot. The current vaccine has been around since 1921 and doesn’t keep infants from getting TB of the lungs, where the bacteria first sets in....http://www.newser.com/story/54082/s-africa-will-test-new-tb-vaccine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Mar 2009 12:21:44 CDT