Infant and Toddler Health

About 70 balloons were released at Calvary Christian Church last weekend during a 5K memorial fundraiser for research toward Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The 5K, which honored Weston Clark Reeves, raised more than $1,300 that will go to First Candle, a...

Alaska infants die each year in unsafe sleeping environments, yet many of those deaths are preventable. With the help of a new wearable blanket, swaddling a newborn just got easier. It’s part of a program at Mat-Su Regional Hospital that wants...

The Pennel family of Edgewood, is serving as the 2013 Harford County March for Babies Ambassador Family to help raise awareness about the lifesaving research and support of the March of Dimes and their team, Two Tiny Blessings, will participate in the...

After the births of her first two children, Charmaine Sharkey's neighborhood hospital gave her cans of baby formula and sent her on her way. But Sharkey tried something different when her youngest, Dynasty, was born six months ago. The 28-year-old...

The Jefferson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary recently purchased textbooks and instructor tool kits for the STABLE classes at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, W.Va. STABLE stands for Sugar and Safe Care, Temperature, Airway, Blood Pressure, Lab Work,...

California will crack down harder on stores that sell cigarettes to minors and hospitals will be required to screen infants for congenital heart disease under new legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown....

According to the California Department of Public Health, the state’s infant mortality rate has reached a historic low of 4.7 infant deaths per 1,000 births. The numbers are from 2010, the most recent year of data available. Citing factors such...

SAN DIEGO - Infant mortality in the state has dropped to a record low but racial disparities persist, according to the California Department of Public Health. The rate of death among infants a year old or less decreased from 4.9 per 1,000 live births...

Infant mortality in the state has dropped to a record low but racial disparities persist, according to the California Department of Public Health....

Jennifer and Justin Driscoll of Upper Saucon Township are so grateful for the medical care their daughter Lily received after her premature birth that the support the March of Dimes March for Babies each year to raise money for research to ensure all...

On Saturday, April 14 at Exploration Place, thousands of families and business leaders will join together in the March of Dimes’ annual March for Babies—the nation’s very first fundraising walk.  March for Babies honors babies born...

January is the time for resolutions and as commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, Dr. Bechara Choucair is responsible for the wellness goals of an entire city. The department recently created a new public health agenda called "Healthy...