Unsafe sleeping practices promoted on social media may be fueling the rise in SIDS in the U.S. Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered blood markers associated with sudden infant death syndrome that could open the door to simple tests to identify babies at ...

A well-known way to reduce the risk of SIDS is to make sure that babies sleep on their backs and not stomachs. © Jacob Wackerhausen via Getty Sudden deaths among ...

“The death of an infant from SIDS or SUID is unbelievably horrific ... The new study does not offer any evidence about what is behind the seeming increase in sleep-related infant deaths.

The association between adverse environmental factors and SIDS risk was modified favorably by pacifier use, but the interactions between pacifier use and these factors were not significant.

“Differences in these fats may disrupt these critical processes, placing some infants at risk for SIDS.” Dr. Chad Aldridge. The researchers stress that while these findings are promising, they are not ...