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Perinatal intervention prevents hepatitis B among newborns

 VietNamNet Bridge – Eight years ago, Nguyen Thi Lanh (not her real name) of HCM City was diagnosed with hepatitis B, and several months later, she became pregnant.

Gender imbalance continues to climb as parents yearn for boys

 VietNamNet Bridge – The gender imbalance among infants is still high in the capital, according to the city's Population and Family Planning Unit. There are now 120 baby boys for every 100 girls, 1.5 times last year's ratio.

Nurse loses her footing, five newborns fall from baby strollers

 VietNamNet Bridge - While pushing a stroller carrying five newborns for a bath, a nurse of the Hanoi Obstetrics Hospital slipped, making the vehicle overturn, and the five babies fell out.

Progress made in saving lives of nation's newborns

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam is one of the 10 countries worldwide that have made the greatest strides in saving the lives of newborns over the past two decades, Save the Children reported.

Newborns of obese mums set for heart problems: study

 Newborn babies of overweight or obese mothers have a thickening of the aorta, something that in later life is linked to heart disease, a small Australian study said.