Maternal and Child Health News

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration July 27 released results from its latest national survey on drug use and mental health.

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program has released a

The AHA provided comments July 21 to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on price transparency, nursing workforce and rural obstetrics legislation that the committee considered during a markup held July 22.

Nancy Correa, DrPH, director of population health at Texas Children's Hospital, and Beth Van Horne, DrPH, director of research for the Division of Public Health Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, discuss the upSTART program, a comprehensive initiative that combines homegrown innovation with evidence-based care.

The Social Security Administration today announced actions to help parents enroll newborns in Trump Accounts, which are

Sara Bode, M.D., pediatrician and medical director of School Health Services at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and Carneshia Edwards, lead of the Kindergarten Readiness program at Nationwide Child

The AHA invites hospital leaders from organizations that care for children with medical complexities to join a roundtable for peer learning, collaboration and knowledge sharing.

Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts from 2021-2025 were highest among adolescents age 12-17 at 24.8%, according to a report released June 25 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau has announced grant opportunities available supporting maternal and child health initiatives.

A report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention June 11 found that 15.2% of pregnant women in the U.S. reported current alcohol consumption.

A recording of a free webinar on maternity care coding hosted by the American Medical Association on June 2 is now available. Registration is required to view the recording.

President Trump signed an executive order May 29 that directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to review a scientific assessment by the Department of Health and Human Services on childhood vaccine recommendations from other developed nations.

Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, introduced the Rural Maternity Options for Medical Support Act on May 19. The bill would guarantee that beds used solely for labor and delivery are not counted toward the 25-bed limit for critical access hospitals. The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Darin LaHood, R-Ill., Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, and Kim Schrier, D-Wash. 

Duke University School of Medicine’s Jonathan Posner, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Matthew Engelhard, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, break down the “Duke PMA” — an artificial intelligence-powered predictive model designed to identify adolescents at high risk for psychiatric illness.

The AHA and other national health care groups sent a letter to members of the House and Senate appropriations committees, urging them to provide $1.02 billion in fiscal year 2027 funding to support the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program.

Sutter Health is taking a proactive, systemwide approach to maternal care — supporting a range of birth experiences while reinforcing the consistent use of evidence-based practices a

Katie Au, M.D., and Katherine Jorda, M.D., directors of the Perinatal Trauma Clinic at Oregon Health & Science University, explore how trauma can emerge during pregnancy, labor or postpartum. They also discuss why so many parents feel alone in their experience and how trauma-informed, multidisciplinary care can transform recovery.

David Stark, chief of government and external affairs and philanthropy officer at UnityPoint Health, shares how a major philanthropic investment is helping expand mental health services for children and adolescents.

The U.S. birth rate declined by 1% in 2025, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced March 6 that it will award $69.1 million in grants for mental health and suicide prevention programs.