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DEAR ABBY: I am having a baby in five months. My doctor is recommending that anyone who visits the baby in the first three months be up to date on vaccines (Tdap, flu, COVID and RSV, if age 60-plus). We have decided to follow our doctor’s recommendations. Some of my family members are resistant to getting these vaccines and want us to consider other options, like testing and wearing a mask, which is not as safe. Also, it would be hard for younger kids to do — my niece is 3. Abby, we vaccinated our young children (3 and 5)...

Indonesian police have uncovered an international baby trafficking syndicate which has allegedly sold at least 25 infants to buyers in Singapore since 2023. Authorities made 13 arrests related to the syndicate in the Indonesian cities of Pontianak and Tangerang this week, and rescued six babies who were about to be trafficked – all of whom are around a year old. "The babies were first housed in Pontianak and had their immigration documents arranged before being sent to Singapore," West Java Police's director of general criminal investigation, Surawan, told BBC News Indonesia. BBC News has contacted Singapore Police and Singapore's Ministry...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — A Las Cruces woman has been arrested after police say she gave birth to a baby girl in a portable toilet at Burn Lake and disposed of the newborn in the holding tank, where the child died. Sonia Cristal Jimenez, 38, is charged with one felony count of intentional child abuse resulting in death, a first-degree felony. About 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, staff at Memorial Medical Center notified police that Jimenez arrived at the hospital and appeared to have just delivered a baby, but the baby was not with her. Police learned Jimenez’s boyfriend,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (TCN) -- A woman has accepted a plea deal in an attempted murder case in which she allegedly instructed a child on how to kill a newborn. WEAR reports Tara Sykes, 37, had three homicide charges and one charge of child cruelty dropped as part of her deal. She pleaded no contest to a charge of child neglect and was sentenced to 11 months and 30 days in county jail, with 462 days credit for time served. On Oct. 18, 2024, Sykes was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly instructing a 10-year-old to drop a...

Meet Chanda Petrey-Czaruk, the Vice President of @HomeFirstChoice in Ohio. She posted a video wishing for Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to experience traumatic injuries during childbirth. This woman is in charge of a home health care company and is a registered nurse in Ohio. Terrifying that activists like this are in the medical field. She needs to have her license revoked. You can contact the Ohio Board of Nursing here: (614) 466-3947

Russian police have arrested the chief physician and the acting head of intensive care at a Siberian hospital where nine babies died this month, prosecutors said Wednesday. The case, which has shone a spotlight on chronic staff shortages and funding gaps in the country's medical system, has provoked anger and bewilderment from Russian politicians and online commentators. Prosecutors have charged the pair with negligence and causing death through negligence, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. The exact causes of the deaths at Novokuznetsk Maternity Hospital No. 1 are not yet known. But regional health authorities said the babies were...

Anna Farrow wrote an article that was published by the Western Standard on January 3, 2026 titled: Canada's Chilling Next Step - MAiD for babies. Farrow explains how the disturbing concept of euthanasia of newborns was introduced into Canada's euthanasia debate: Most Canadians disagree strongly with the concept of euthanasia for babies. We know this because every time the topic comes up, the public’s response is one of instant horror. So why does it keep coming up? The issue first surfaced in 2022 when Louis Roy of the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) appeared before Parliament’s Special Joint Committee on...

He wasn’t supposed to be here. Experts say babies like Ryu Lopez don’t usually make it this far. But this holiday season, the Lopez family is deeply grateful for beating incredible odds in what Cedars-Sinai physicians are calling a medical miracle. Suze Lopez, a nurse from Bakersfield, California, was scheduled to finally have a 22-pound ovarian cyst removed; one that had been growing for years. But the results of a routine pregnancy test that was required before the surgery would give her the shock of a lifetime. “Because of the large ovarian cyst that had been growing for years, it...

WARNING: Some readers may find the details in this story provided by police to be disturbing. WILMINGTON, IL — Police say a Manhattan man used a plunger to try to flush a newborn after the mother gave birth in a toilet, more than a year before the baby girl was found buried in a yard in Wilmington. The man and woman have been charged after the body of an infant girl was found buried in a beer box in a shallow grave in a Wilmington yard Friday, according to jail records. Nicole Pokrzywa, 36, of Wilmington, was booked Saturday on...

When Chasity Congious went into labor for the first time, there were no doctors or nurses. No clean blankets to swaddle the coming baby. There were no family members, no friends. Congious wasn’t even in a hospital. She was alone in a jail cell. Four months earlier, she suffered a mental health crisis and her mother called 911 for help. Instead, police arrested the 21-year-old. Now, the contractions were getting stronger, with no way to ease the soaring pain. Bleeding, she said, she pressed the emergency intercom button, but no one came. She tried to get up from the thin,...

HOBBS, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Alexis Avila, the woman who was convicted after abandoning her newborn by putting the baby into a trash container in 2022 in Hobbs, New Mexico. Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued the following statement: We are pleased that the New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld justice and reaffirmed the conviction against Ms. Avila for throwing her newborn baby in a dumpster,” said Attorney General Raúl Torrez. “My office, alongside District Attorney Dianna Luce, prosecuted this case and we are extremely fortunate that the child survived this horrific...

A surrogate mother in the U.S. who thought she was helping an infertile couple have children was horrified to find out her baby had been sold as part of an international baby trafficking scam. Key Takeaways: * Carole-Anne Kelly (a pseudonym) was sent the profile of an infertile couple by her surrogacy agency. * Kelly agreed to work with them and carry their baby, and successfully gave birth. * She later found out that her baby was not biologically related to the couple she was hired to be a surrogate for. * The baby was sold for $100,000 to a...

BOSTON – A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn son. Matthew Farwell, 39, of Easton, has been charged with one count of causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn child. Farwell was arrested and charged in August 2024. He remains in federal custody and will be arraigned at a later date. According to the superseding indictment, on or about Feb. 1, 2021,...

Babies are being intentionally killed to be turned into keepsake jewelry. Yes, you read that right. Women who no longer want to implant their frozen embryos — their children — can now have them turned into jewelry. Rings, necklaces, and bracelets made from what was once living, growing human Life. According to one popular “embryo jewelry” company, “When storage is ending and donation does not feel right, there is a gentler way to honor what you created.” Gentler? Thawing out human embryos — real babies — and letting them die so they can be worn as an accessory is not...

The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1925-2024. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times), while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 31 times over those years.Top Five Names for Births in 1925-2024 FemalesMalesYearRank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4Rank 5Rank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4Rank 52024OliviaEmmaAmeliaCharlotteMiaLiamNoahOliverTheodoreJames2023OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaSophiaLiamNoahOliverJamesElijah2022OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaSophiaLiamNoahOliverJamesElijah2021OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaAvaLiamNoahOliverElijahJames2020OliviaEmmaAvaCharlotteSophiaLiamNoahOliverElijahWilliam2019OliviaEmmaAvaSophiaIsabellaLiamNoahOliverWilliamElijah2018EmmaOliviaAvaIsabellaSophiaLiamNoahWilliamJamesOliver2017EmmaOliviaAvaIsabellaSophiaLiamNoahWilliamJamesLogan2016EmmaOliviaAvaSophiaIsabellaNoahLiamWilliamMasonJames2015EmmaOliviaSophiaAvaIsabellaNoahLiamMasonJacobWilliam2014EmmaOliviaSophiaIsabellaAvaNoahLiamMasonJacobWilliam2013SophiaEmmaOliviaIsabellaAvaNoahJacobLiamMasonWilliam2012SophiaEmmaIsabellaOliviaAvaJacobMasonEthanNoahWilliam2011SophiaIsabellaEmmaOliviaAvaJacobMasonWilliamJaydenNoah2010IsabellaSophiaEmmaOliviaAvaJacobEthanMichaelJaydenWilliam2009IsabellaEmmaOliviaSophiaAvaJacobEthanMichaelAlexanderWilliam2008EmmaIsabellaEmilyOliviaAvaJacobMichaelEthanJoshuaDaniel2007EmilyIsabellaEmmaAvaMadisonJacobMichaelEthanJoshuaDaniel2006EmilyEmmaMadisonIsabellaAvaJacobMichaelJoshuaEthanMatthew2005EmilyEmmaMadisonAbigailOliviaJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2004EmilyEmmaMadisonOliviaHannahJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2003EmilyEmmaMadisonHannahOliviaJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewAndrew2002EmilyMadisonHannahEmmaAlexisJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2001EmilyMadisonHannahAshleyAlexisJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaChristopher2000EmilyHannahMadisonAshleySarahJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaChristopher1999EmilyHannahAlexisSarahSamanthaJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaNicholas1998EmilyHannahSamanthaSarahAshleyMichaelJacobMatthewJoshuaChristopher1997EmilyJessicaAshleySarahHannahMichaelJacobMatthewChristopherJoshua1996EmilyJessicaAshleySarahSamanthaMichaelMatthewJacobChristopherJoshua1995JessicaAshleyEmilySamanthaSarahMichaelMatthewChristopherJacobJoshua1994JessicaAshleyEmilySamanthaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaTyler1993JessicaAshleySarahSamanthaEmilyMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaTyler1992AshleyJessicaAmandaBrittanySarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1991AshleyJessicaBrittanyAmandaSamanthaMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1990JessicaAshleyBrittanyAmandaSamanthaMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDaniel1989JessicaAshleyBrittanyAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1988JessicaAshleyAmandaSarahJenniferMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1987JessicaAshleyAmandaJenniferSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1986JessicaAshleyAmandaJenniferSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1985JessicaAshleyJenniferAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDaniel1984JenniferJessicaAshleyAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1983JenniferJessicaAmandaAshleySarahMichaelChristopherMatthewDavidJoshua1982JenniferJessicaAmandaSarahMelissaMichaelChristopherMatthewJasonDavid1981JenniferJessicaAmandaSarahMelissaMichaelChristopherMatthewJasonDavid1980JenniferAmandaJessicaMelissaSarahMichaelChristopherJasonDavidJames1979JenniferMelissaAmandaJessicaAmyMichaelChristopherJasonDavidJames1978JenniferMelissaJessicaAmyHeatherMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1977JenniferMelissaAmyJessicaHeatherMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1976JenniferAmyMelissaHeatherAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1975JenniferAmyHeatherMelissaAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherJamesDavid1974JenniferAmyMichelleHeatherAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1973JenniferAmyMichelleKimberlyLisaMichaelChristopherJasonJamesDavid1972JenniferMichelleLisaKimberlyAmyMichaelChristopherJamesDavidJohn1971JenniferMichelleLisaKimberlyAmyMichaelJamesDavidJohnRobert1970JenniferLisaKimberlyMichelleAmyMichaelJamesDavidJohnRobert1969LisaMichelleJenniferKimberlyMelissaMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1968LisaMichelleKimberlyJenniferMelissaMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1967LisaKimberlyMichelleMarySusanMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1966LisaKimberlyMaryMichelleKarenMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1965LisaMaryKarenKimberlySusanMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1964LisaMarySusanKarenPatriciaMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1963LisaMarySusanKarenLindaMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1962LisaMarySusanKarenLindaMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1961MaryLisaSusanLindaKarenMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1960MarySusanLindaKarenDonnaDavidMichaelJamesJohnRobert1959MarySusanLindaKarenDonnaMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1958MarySusanLindaKarenPatriciaMichaelDavidJamesRobertJohn1957MarySusanLindaDebraKarenMichaelJamesDavidRobertJohn1956MaryDebraLindaDeborahSusanMichaelJamesRobertDavidJohn1955MaryDeborahLindaDebraSusanMichaelDavidJamesRobertJohn1954MaryLindaDeborahPatriciaSusanMichaelRobertJamesJohnDavid1953MaryLindaDeborahPatriciaSusanRobertJamesMichaelJohnDavid1952LindaMaryPatriciaDeborahSusanJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1951LindaMaryPatriciaDeborahBarbaraJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1950LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSusanJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1949LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSusanJamesRobertJohnWilliamMichael1948LindaMaryBarbaraPatriciaSusanJamesRobertJohnWilliamDavid1947LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSandraJamesRobertJohnWilliamRichard1946MaryLindaPatriciaBarbaraCarolJamesRober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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The 30-year-old mother of a baby girl found abandoned at Penn Station in Midtown earlier this week has been arrested. Assa Diawara was located in Queens just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday and arrested by police. She is facing charges of abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. She expected to appear in court sometime Wednesday. Police released a photo of her carrying the baby who was found at Penn Station on Monday. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police released a photo and video of the woman last seen with an abandoned newborn baby girl at Penn Station. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a baby was found at the Penn Station subway station in Manhattan on Monday morning. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. The baby was taken to a local hospital by police and was said to be conscious and alert. Her condition was described as stable. New York City Transit President...

The arrest of a woman known as the 'she devil' has lifted the veil on a Mexican cartel scheme to cut babies out of their mothers' womb and sell the infants for less than $14,000 to Americans, US officials have confirmed. Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, 44, alias 'La Diabla,' ran a baby trafficking operation for Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Juarez, Mexico- directly across the border from El Paso, Texas, the National Counterterrorism Center stated after her Sept. 2 arrest. La Diabla had been luring Mexican pregnant women, often poor and looking for work, to remote areas of the...

What happens when the face of a country’s anti-corruption movement suddenly is investigated for the sort of bribery he once condemned? Ukraine, a U.S. ally and neighboring foe of Russia, is soon to find out. And it’s a case with implications in the United States, where the fallout from the unproven Trump-Russia collusion scandal has engulfed several Ukrainians. The country’s chief corruption prosecutor on Thursday opened an investigation into “suspicions” that Serhiy Leshchenko, a crusading anti-corruption member of Ukraine’s parliament and former investigative journalist, accepted bribes in 2016 from a Russian source that enabled him to buy a luxury condo...