LOS ANGELES -- When Eleisa Groomes discovered she was pregnant at 18, she just couldn't accept the new responsibility. She avoided her parents, hung out with friends who smoked and drank and, as she would recall later, did all she could to take her mind ...

The peer-reviewed study, published recently in the Lancet Regional Health: Americas journal, found that infants under six months made up 45 per cent of the almost 29,300 patients hospitalized for RSV in Canada from 2017 to 2023.

The federal government shutdown has impacted many social safety net programs, from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); to the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC); to Head Start.

Wayne County Commissioners approved $7.5 million to help launch a Michigan cash aid initiative for moms and babies.

Researchers invited to evaluate a U.K. program that aims to prevent shaken baby syndrome say the study offers insights that could inform support strategies for Australian parents and caregivers struggling with the stress of crying babies.

"We have known for a long time that in Tarrant County, we have high rates of infant mortality and maternal mortality," said Carol Klocek, CEO of the Center for Transforming Lives on South Riverside Drive in Fort Worth. Klocek said they knew it was a problem they wanted to tackle when opening their new campus in May.