This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data on a tragic trend: more than 3,700 cases of congenital syphilis were reported in 2022, nearly ten times the number ...

Kansas has slightly improved in a national scorecard of maternal and infant health but there are still places to to better, especially when it comes to the health of women and babies of color. Every ...

A new survey shows 81 percent of parents were forced to switch infant formulas during the May 2022 shortage, leading to undesirable health effects for babies. The nationwide baby formula shortage two ...

A new study found that infant mortality rates in Massachusetts were 14 times higher among babies whose mother experienced a pregnancy-associated death than among babies whose mother survived pregnancy ...

BALTIMORE -- A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that in 2022 the infant mortality rate rose for the first time in 20 years. The new data released Thursday shows that ...

The infant mortality rate in the United States recently rose for the first time in two decades, according to a provisional report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National ...

An infant tracheostomy is a medical procedure to create an opening in the neck to insert a tube into an infant’s windpipe, or trachea. Tracheostomies allow air to enter the lungs directly, bypassing ...

The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an unusual move to help speed up efforts to cover gaps in care. Lowering the ...

The number of American babies who died before their first birthday increased in 2022, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Georgia has the ...

A second lawsuit has been filed against baby formula company ByHeart by a Washington-based food safety law firm following an outbreak of infant botulism cases across the country. Earlier this month, ...