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 ...

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.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus Public Health program is helping mothers across central Ohio get healthy for themselves and their babies. The most recent data from Columbus’ infant mortality rate ...

The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology (CSIT) recently opened applications for its $750,000 Maternal and Infant R&D Seed Grant Program. The initiative, made possible by a ...

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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its infant formula compliance program for investigators, laboratory analysts and compliance officers. The compliance program is designed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...