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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — According to the Kern County Department of Public Health, approximately one in seven African American babies in California is born too early or too small. But that is why ...