Doctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain (Vox, 10 March 2022)

Summary

Pain and trauma experienced as a preterm baby in the NICU have been linked to lasting psychological injury, altered brain development and individuals' ability to regulate emotions later in life. In this blog, Vox's Science and Health Editor Brian Resnick looks at how scientists are investigating how to treat pain in babies who can’t tell you when it hurts.