For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, a special “graduation party” was held at Carillion Clinic Children’s for children who were born in their Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - or NICU for short.

A former Henrico County NICU nurse accused of intentionally hurting and abusing three premature babies has been denied bond, NBC 12 reports.

There is a team effort underway to get to the bottom of what - or who - is causing harm to premature babies at the hospital.

Studies show premature babies who get formula made with cow’s milk are more likely to get necrotizing enterocolitis - NEC for short.

LewisGale Hospital Montgomery will temporarily suspend labor and delivery services effective April 1, according to a hospital spokesperson.

LewisGale held a ribbon cutting for their new NICU Tuesday, which has been 13 years in the making.

Mom Kim Shaffer reflects on her experience with the Carilion NICU, after her son was born at just 23 weeks.

The finish line is in sight for LewisGale Medical Center's NICU.

A Salem woman who has defended people with special abilities her entire life is continuing her fight through a children’s book inspired by her son’s resilient journey.

Santa is getting ready to deliver presents to millions of children across the world but first, he is making a special visit to babies in the NICU at Carilion.

LewisGale broke ground on their new NICU after 12 years of petitioning state legislators.

Stitch by stitch, Munsey spent the past year crocheting about 100 baby blankets and hats for LewisGale Medical Center’s new NICU, which is set to open in 2023.

For the first time in 26 years, LewisGale Medical Center broke the record for the number of babies delivered at the hospital in a single year.

LewisGale’s tiniest patients will now have another level of care.

After a 12-year-long push, LewisGale is finally getting a NICU.

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Mother’s Day is this weekend and it will be one to remember as many families will have to figure out creative ways to celebrate moms. But for first time mothers who have babies in the NICU--- this holiday is especially hard. But they've opened extra rooms to let NICU moms stay and develop that needed connection. To keep her safe and practice social distancing, 10 News had to do our interview in separate rooms. “We have movie night two nights a week where the moms can get together and watch movies on the big screen utilizing social distancing,” Lilley said.

ROANOKE, Va. – Carilion Clinic closed its NICU Tuesday, so no one will be permitted to visit Carilion Children’s NICU. Dr. Kimberly Dunsmore, the chair of Carilion Children’s Hospital, said the purpose of the decision is to protect these vulnerable patients from any exposure to the coronavirus. The move is likely to cause anxiety and fear for NICU parents. Carilion Children’s NICU is working with mothers to continue to provide breast milk for their babies through a coordinated drop off program. Labor and delivery patients are allowed one visitor during their stay, including during the birth.

ROANOKE, Va. - Babies in the NICU at Carilion Children's Hospital in Roanoke are ready for Halloween thanks to some volunteers and adorable costumes. This will be the babies' first spooky holiday, but they have to spend it in the hospital. That's why volunteers from the Carilion Children's Parent Advisory Board made 80 costumes out of felt for the little ones to wear and cheer up their families. One mom, Darrah Phillips, was excited that her little boy, Greyson, who weighs just under 3 pounds, got to dress up with his big brother. This is the first time the board has made these costumes, and they plan to do it again next year.

Twin nurses at a Georgia hospital are seeing double. Identical twins Tara Drinkard and Toni Howard work at the same hospital, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center, in Georgia. But the sisters had never helped deliver a baby together until recently, when Rebecca Williams, pregnant with twins, needed a cesarean section delivery. "I saw her in the hallway and said, 'We're having a twin delivery,''' Drinkard told WXIA-TV . "It's a pretty cool experience having them in there and being able to ask them questions," dad Brannan Williams said of the twin nurses.

At Children's Mercy Hospital, 36 NICU nurses are all giving birth this year. "The parents would joke when they see so many pregnant people walking around, like, 'Do you have to be pregnant to work here?'" And when one of their own babies ended up in the NICU, all the nurses rallied together. RELATED STORIESNewborns Get Cute 'Baby Shark' Onesies for Shark WeekSay Cheese! Queso-Loving Baby Licks Dip Off His PlateChildren's Hospital Has a Baby Boom Among Its Nurses