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Maternal, infant mortality conference aims to tackle disparities in southeastern Pa.
WTXF via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBLUE BELL, Pa. - The important conversations around improving maternal mortality rates and infant mortality rates are continuing to grow. Those working on that very cause gathered Tuesday in ...
New billboards teaching the “A,B,C’s” of safe sleep for infants
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlabama is improving when it comes to the statewide infant mortality rate, but the Alabama...
How the Church of Jesus Christ is helping newborns live
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThis article was first published in the ChurchBeat newsletter MyBaby4Me is a new initiative to help...
Conference sheds light on healthcare disparities for Black women
WDTN-TV 2 Dayton· 2 days agoDAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Black women are at a disproportionate rate of having unfair treatment with it...
Indiana continues to rank in top 10 for infant mortality in the country
Washington Times-Herald· 7 days agoNationally the infant mortality rate rose by 3% in 2022, increasing for the first time in 20 years. According to the Centers for Disease ...
Senators hear from experts about Black maternal health crisis
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"In America today, we have the highest maternal mortality rate and the highest infant mortality rate...
Here's why Americans having fewer kids won't doom the economy
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoA falling birthrate is also more typical among wealthier nations. That's because the nation has a...
Babies born early, ill, or dead: Florida spends millions on prevention. Why isn’t it getting better?
Sun-Sentinel· 6 days agoThis is the third in a series of articles exploring maternal health care. When she gets the call,...
Five Rivers Health Centers aims to improve infant, maternal health with $1M federal grant
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMay 2—Five Rivers Health Centers, the 10th largest federally-qualified health center in Ohio, is setting its sights on improving infant and maternal health with a $1 million federal grant. " ...
Are midwives and doulas the answer to keeping more Black babies alive?
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis is part of a series of South Florida Sun Sentinel articles exploring maternal health care. It is 2 a.m. when Brianca Spence slips behind the wheel of her car. The drive to the nearest hospital ...