Viewpoint

Stasis in Outcomes After Preterm Birth—As Good As It Gets?

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4752

December 01, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

Read the full article

This Viewpoint outlines recent evidence demonstrating a lack of improvement in outcomes for preterm infants and questions what factors arising from the social and built environment are missing from contemporary analyses.

Corresponding Author: Jonathan S. Litt, MD, MPH, ScD, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, 453 Quarry Rd, Room 439D, Palo Alto, CA 94304 (jlitt@stanford.edu).

Link to the article in your story

We encourage you to link out to this article in your story using the link below. It includes an access token that will give free access to the article for your readers up to one year after publication. (The link will be live after the article publishes and embargo is lifted.)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4752?utm_source=for_the_media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_term=120125

Please see the article for additional information, including full author list, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

Need more information? Contact us.

Editor's Picks