Earlier this year, a baby named Cassian made headlines across the globe after photos of his arrival in the United States revealed something quite rare: the newborn weighed an astonishing 12.8 pounds ...

TODAY THAT THIS ANKENY BOY IS NOW THE WORLD’S MOST PREMATURE BABY. AND THIS RIGHT HERE. IT JUST MELTS YOUR HEART. YEAH, IT’S PRETTY SPECIAL. HE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAPPY AND HEALTHY NOW. BUT IT WAS A ...

Nash Keen with his parents Mollie and Randall Keen at University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital June 4, 2025. Nash was born in July 2024 and survived birth at 21 weeks, 0 days ...

He’s crawling into the record books. An Iowa infant who was born at just 21 weeks of gestation celebrated his first birthday earlier this month with a new title – “the most premature baby” of all time ...

"I look at him still and I think, how did you make it? How did you survive?" When Richard Hutchinson was born, he was small enough to fit in the palm of a hand. "I didn't know what it would mean for ...