Tag: Baby

Queen Elizabeth II’s sixth great-grandchild on the way

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Queen Elizabeth II’s sixth great-grandchild is on the way, after Zara and Mike Tindall announced Wednesday they were expecting a second baby. The 90-year-old monarch and her husband Prince Philip are “delighted”, Buckingham Palace said. Zara Tindall, the sovereign’s eldest grand-daughter, is an equestrian who won the 2006 eventing world championships and a silver medal for Britain at the London 2012 Olympics. The 35-year-old daughter of Princess Anne has no […]

French woman who left baby to drown gets 20 years in jail

by Zoé LEROY SAINT-OMER, France (AFP) — A woman who claimed that witchcraft caused her to leave her baby to drown on a beach in northern France was on Friday sentenced to 20 years in jail. Fabienne Kabou, 39, had faced life imprisonment for the November 19, 2013, murder, but the court deemed that she suffered from impaired judgement. The court in the town of Saint-Omer, near Calais, also ordered Kabou to undergo psychological treatment […]

El Salvador confirms first Zika-linked birth defect

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador on Tuesday confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother. Microcephaly is a birth defect that causes an abnormally small head and deformed brain. Health Minister Violeta Menjivar said the infant was born in April to a family living in the country’s central La Paz province, and the Zika connection was proved “a short while ago.” […]

Mother of Kenya building collapse miracle baby dies

NAIROBI , Kenya (AFP) — The mother of a seven-month-old girl miraculously pulled alive after four days in the rubble of a collapsed building in Nairobi has been found dead, rescue workers said Wednesday. The baby, Delarine Saisi, was found dehydrated but without visible physical injuries 80 hours after the six-storey block collapsed on Friday during heavy rains, killing at least 26 people. Pius Masai, head of Kenya’s natural disaster management unit, told a press […]

Breastfeeding Awareness Month

Every infant needs the important nutrients that can only be provided by breast milk. This is the ultimate bonding experience between a mother and her child. August is Breastfeeding Awareness Month Research by: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos Infographics by: Shaira Darleen Barretto See full infographics at: https://www.eaglenews.ph/breastfeedingawarenessmonth/