‘Emotional cost’:Caution urged on growing use of prenatal genetic tests

‘Emotional cost’:Caution urged on growing use of prenatal genetic tests

A group of doctors has sounded a warning over increasingly elaborate genetic tests being offered to expectant mothers.

  • byStuart Layt

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Would-be parents given access to IVF predictor,clinic success rates

Would-be parents given access to IVF predictor,clinic success rates

The ‘Your IVF Success’ website will launch on Monday funded by the federal government in response to growing calls for greater transparency in the sector.

  • byKate Aubusson
Trial begins on vaccine for deadly respiratory virus in babies

Trial begins on vaccine for deadly respiratory virus in babies

A trial run by the Mater Hospital in Brisbane is hoped to prove the efficacy of a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus,which disproportionately affects babies.

  • byStuart Layt
Calls for a baby bonus as Queensland’s birth rate drops

Calls for a baby bonus as Queensland’s birth rate drops

Latest data also reveals the most common months babies are born in Queensland.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
You’re not a monster. There’s a reason you want to squeeze cute things

You’re not a monster. There’s a reason you want to squeeze cute things

Ever felt the urge to eat your kitten’s tiny paws or squish its face close to yours? What’s happening is a phenomenon called ‘cute aggression.’

  • byCaroline Zielinski
WA’s most popular baby name has a Dickensian twist

WA’s most popular baby name has a Dickensian twist

According to results from the Registry of Births,Deaths and Marriages,Oliver has been the most popular name for new parents since 2013,except for 2019,where it came second after Jack.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Charlotte reclaims her spot as most popular girls'name in 2020

Charlotte reclaims her spot as most popular girls'name in 2020

Queensland's latest list of baby names reveals Charlotte and Oliver are the new Michelle and David.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Probiotics could reduce premature baby mortality

Probiotics could reduce premature baby mortality

Researchers have identified two bacterial strains that can most effectively prevent mortality in premature babies.

  • byStuart Layt
Queensland's baby hotspots revealed:Search for your suburb

Queensland's baby hotspots revealed:Search for your suburb

A total of 61,735 births were registered in Queensland last year. Use our interactive guide to search the birth rate in your suburb.

  • byLydia Lynch
Baby,it's gone:Fertility crashes to record low

Baby,it's gone:Fertility crashes to record low

Even before the pandemic,Australia's fertility rate had crashed to its lowest level on record,with fears it will drop even further.

  • byShane Wright,Rachel Clun andEsther Han
Baby born from 27-year-old embryo sets new record

Baby born from 27-year-old embryo sets new record

The embryo was frozen in 1992,just one year after the birth of the baby's eventual mother.

  • byWyatte Grantham-Philips