CLINTON, Md. — A first-time program aiming to significantly reduce infant mortality and improve maternal health is now available to patients in Prince George’s County. MedStar Health launched PG ...

CLINTON, Md., April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new program aiming to significantly reduce infant mortality and improve maternal health is now available to families in Prince George's County, Maryland.

Baby supplies and educational materials sit on a shelf in the office of Krystal Keener, a Healthy Start care coordinator based at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic, in ...

One in ten babies in the U.S. — nearly 374,000 infants — were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15 percent were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A program that helps new and expecting mothers provide a safe, healthy environment for their babies is one step closer to being extended for five more years. The Healthy Start ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Florida’s rate is slightly higher, at about 1 in 9 babies born preterm. In an average ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Loveline Chizobam Phillips, George Mason University and Faye Taxman, George Mason ...