Homelessness during pregnancy tied to poor maternal, infant health outcomes
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Our Health System Needs to Take Better Care of Mothers to Prevent More Infant Deaths
As a neonatologist caring for babies, I have the great privilege of attending many births, bearing witness to the moment...
Preterm Birth | Maternal Infant Health
Preterm birth rates The preterm birth rate declined 1% from 2021 to 2022, to 10.4%, following an increase of 4%...
Montgomery County Health Officials Release ‘Updated Maternal and Infant Health Report’
On Monday, Montgomery County health officials released an updated report on maternal and infant health, highlighting the county’s progress compared...
Trained community doulas to improve maternal, infant health in Fort Worth
NORTH TEXAS – A group of 120 trained doulas will soon be sent into the community to help save the...
Michigan health network created to fight infant, maternal mortality
Fourteen of Michigan's leading health networks and institutions gathered Monday to announce a collaboration funded with state dollars meant to...
Infant Deaths Rise Post-Dobbs. Are Black Mothers at Greater Risk?
To reproductive justice activist Renee Bracey Sherman, theirs are the forgotten names. Women like Amber Thurman, a 28-year-old medical assistant...
Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them
Summary Stark racial disparities in maternal and infant health in the U.S. have persisted for decades despite continued advancements in...
Benefits of probiotics during pregnancy for infant health
Writing in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers from the United States explored the effect of maternal probiotic supplementation on infant...
