A combination of increased substance abuse, a lack of shelter options and a backlogged court system made it difficult for victims to get timely help.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
A conversation with with Ida Melbye, the executive director of The Period Collective.
The number of congenital syphilis cases has ballooned to rates not seen in two decades. Public health workers say the increase coincides with a decline in funding for public health and a drop in the rate of women accessing prenatal care.
Health plans trying to reach low-income and underserved customers say they’re being stymied by a decades-old federal rule limiting texting — and they’re framing it as a health equity issue in their bid to change it.
Experts hope new universal basic income programs and an innovative maternal center will help protect Black infants and mothers.
“I think it would be a bit cavalier to all of a sudden say, We’re completely through with it,” Dr. Fauci said at a center event this week.
Links between environmental exposures and maternal health outcomes remain underexplored, despite recent efforts to catch up.
Early intervention is the key to keeping kids in school, and the Richmond County School System does that through a multi-tier level of support and services.
A pledge to sharply reduce infant mortality by 2023 faces daunting obstacles.
Lawmakers concerned about New Mexico’s worst-in-the-nation rate of alcohol-related deaths are focused on revising how the state taxes alcohol.