BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Claudia Poblete can’t help it. On certain days, as she passes in front of a church, she automatically crosses herself while her children gaze at her with confusion. She didn’t raise them as Catholics — as she was — because her spirituality has shifted. In 2000, Poblete didn’t go by her… Continue reading Abducted as babies in the 1970s, these Argentines found a way toward their true identity
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US approves first RSV vaccine for use during pregnancy to protect babies | US healthcare
US regulators on Monday approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women so their babies will be born with protection against the scary respiratory infection. RSV is notorious for filling hospitals with wheezing babies every fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration cleared Pfizer’s maternal vaccination to guard against a severe case of RSV… Continue reading US approves first RSV vaccine for use during pregnancy to protect babies | US healthcare
FDA approves RSV vaccine for pregnant mothers to protect babies
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a vaccine that is administered to pregnant people to protect their babies from RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, through their first six months. The single-dose shot, made by Pfizer, spurs the production of protective antibodies that transfer from mother to infant through the placenta. It’s the first… Continue reading FDA approves RSV vaccine for pregnant mothers to protect babies
NHS’s culture of denial allowed Lucy Letby to keep killing babies | Lucy Letby
Re your editorial on the Lucy Letby case (18 August), I have been a paediatrician since 1985, a consultant since 1996 in the UK, and since 2017 in Ireland. Like my colleagues, I am grieved and outraged at reading that NHS managers were unable to prevent Letby from perpetrating irreversible harm. A neonatal database flagging… Continue reading NHS’s culture of denial allowed Lucy Letby to keep killing babies | Lucy Letby
British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for murders of 7 babies
A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted “the cruelty and calculation” of her actions. Lucy Letby, who refused to appear in court… Continue reading British nurse Lucy Letby imprisoned for life for murders of 7 babies
Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies | Lucy Letby
The serial killer nurse Lucy Letby will never be released from prison after a judge sentenced her to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murder of seven babies. Letby, 33, is only the third woman alive to be given the jail term in the UK. She was sentenced at Manchester crown court on Monday.… Continue reading Lucy Letby sentenced to whole-life jail term for murdering seven babies | Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police believe | Lucy Letby
Police believe Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of murdering seven babies, may have harmed dozens more infants at two hospitals in the north-west of England, the Guardian has been told. A source with knowledge of the police investigation said detectives had identified about 30 babies who suffered “suspicious” incidents at the Countess of Chester hospital… Continue reading Lucy Letby may have harmed dozens more babies, police believe | Lucy Letby
‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses | Lucy Letby
The parents of twin babies attacked by Lucy Letby said they felt “very, very let down” by executives at the hospital, believing health bosses “could have stopped” the nurse taking “our joy, our happiness”. The newborn boys, known as Child L and Child M, had to be resuscitated by doctors after Letby tried to murder… Continue reading ‘They could have stopped Lucy Letby’: babies’ parents criticise hospital bosses | Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby whistleblower: ‘Babies would have survived if hospital had acted sooner’ | Lucy Letby
Babies would have survived if hospital executives had acted earlier on concerns about the nurse Lucy Letby, a senior doctor who raised the alarm has said. In an exclusive Guardian interview, Dr Stephen Brearey accused the Countess of Chester hospital trust of being “negligent” and failing to properly address concerns he and other doctors raised… Continue reading Lucy Letby whistleblower: ‘Babies would have survived if hospital had acted sooner’ | Lucy Letby
Nurse who wrote she was ‘evil’ found guilty of murdering 7 babies
LONDON — A neonatal nurse who wrote a note describing herself as “evil,” was on Friday found guilty of murdering 7 babies and attempting to kill 6 others. Lucy Letby, 33, was accused of harming poisoning the infants with insulin, physically assaulting them, injecting air into their bloodstreams and stomachs and overfeeding them with milk,… Continue reading Nurse who wrote she was ‘evil’ found guilty of murdering 7 babies