According to a new study, states that give midwives a greater role in patient care achieve better results on key measures of maternal and neonatal health
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Legos for a Child With a Hole in His HeartFebruary 9, 2018 |
“Can I get it?” His tiny hands are outstretched, his feet firmly planted in the Target toy aisle. He is holding up another Lego set. Rowan is 6 years old, and his admiration for Lego building blocks is unending
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AI Can Predict When We’ll DieFebruary 5, 2018 |
Here’s why that’s a good thing. A new algorithm could ease critically ill patients’ final days.
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Black Mothers Are DyingJanuary 12, 2018 |
The toll of racism on maternal health. The recent, high-profile death of Erica Garner, a 27-year-old African-American mother of two — one of them a 4-month-old infant — is a tragic example of how racism and access to health care for black mothers is a national crisis
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The ‘Greatest Pandemic in History’ Was 100 Years AgoJanuary 11, 2018 |
But many of us still get the basic facts wrong. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5 percent of the world’s population. Half a billion people were infected
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A new study ranks 20 wealthy countries on childhood deaths. The US comes in last.
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A statistical jump in the mortality rate of expectant and new mothers over 40 is “biologically implausible,” according to the co-author of a new study
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As Zika Babies Become Toddlers, Some Can’t See, Walk or TalkDecember 15, 2017 |
As the first babies born with brain damage from the Zika epidemic become 2-year-olds, the most severely affected are falling further behind in their development and will require a lifetime of care, according to a study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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