The study published by the NEJM, titled "Increasing Incidence of the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in U.S. Neonatal ICUs," directly addressed the ICU care of these infants and found that NAS is ...

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) increased in British Columbia (BC), Canada, prior to the pandemic, then decreased across both urban and rural locations in the first 2 years of the pandemic, new ...

Read full article: Mothers share stories of recovery, hope, and healing at 9th Annual NAS Symposium Several mothers shared their journeys and stories of recovery at the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Washington State Representatives Dan Newhouse, Michael Baumgartner and Kim Schrier introduced the Maddie's Infant Recovery and Children's Legislative Emergency (MIRACLE) Act on ...

In years past, health care providers took a punitive stance toward women giving birth to babies exposed to substances like opioids in the womb. Today, backed by research showing better outcomes ...

(HealthDay News) — Rural US communities are seeing a sharp increase in infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), according to a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers ...

A new study into the race and socio-demographics of newborns with symptoms of opioid withdrawal shows that it is disproportionately higher among white newborns whose mothers are Medicaid enrollees and ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The opioid epidemic has been plaguing West Virginia for years, and the harm that these drugs cause goes much deeper than the user. When women who use opioids find out ...

Policymakers and legislators need to begin a serious discussion—now—about how to address a mother’s drug use during pregnancy, especially since the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome cases is ...

A new study into the race and socio-demographics of newborns with symptoms of opioid withdrawal shows that it is disproportionately higher among white newborns whose mothers are Medicaid enrollees and ...