Recent studies from across the country have helped solidify the link between housing instability—for example, substandard conditions, homelessness or needing to move regularly—and poor infant health.

Funding for the WIC program, which serves pregnant mothers and young children, is caught in political crosshairs, as the government shutdown and ongoing budget negotiations threaten full funding. As ...

Martha Welch, MD, spent the better part of three decades in private practice treating children with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders before accepting a job on the faculty of Columbia ...

CONTRACTS BY MAY 1ST. DEAC SAYS THERE WERE MORE THAN 400 INFANT DEATHS IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2021. NOW, IN UPSTATE CORONER, HIS OFFICE IS TAKING A PROACTIVE APPROACH IN PROTECTING NEWBORN BABIES.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Saving babies lives by teaching parents about ways to keep infants safe when they sleep. It's a program being run by the Philadelphia Health Department. October is Sudden Infant ...

GRAND FORKS - Toni Betting's office at Altru Health System isn't much bigger than a closet. It takes her but one long reach to gather any number of trinkets and treasures, all of which tell the story ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — In San Diego County, African American infants are nearly three times more likely to die in their first year than other infants. "Infant mortality is actually an important predictor ...

An experimental program soon will give 250 pregnant women in Philadelphia monthly payments of $1,000 – with no strings attached – in hopes of improving the city's infant mortality rate, which is the ...

The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority announced plans May 16 to enter into an agreement that will lead to the establishment ...