Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said U.S. supplies now exceed pre-pandemic levels.
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The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday issued a national open framework to improve care for children and youth with special health care needs, which encompasses nearly one in five children in the U.S.
New resources from the Department of Health and Human Services are now available to assist health care providers and families in locating infant formula during the national shortage.
The COVID-19 virus can be especially dangerous for women during pregnancy.
In a new AHA Innovation Dialogue, AHA Maternal and Child Health Council Chair Lara Khouri, executive vice president and chief strategy and transformation officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, talks with SteelSky Ventures Founding Partner Maria Velissaris about where the fund, which invests in early-stage startups focused on improving women’s health outcomes, is headed.
Learn how Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego transformed behavioral health care for children.
The webpage offers resources to help during the formula shortage.
California, Kentucky, Oregon and Florida extend Medicaid and CHIP postpartum coverage to 12 months.
Webinar will focus on pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.
States encouraged to coordinate their federal funding streams to expand access.
The 20-month pilot reduced hospitalizations for pregnancy-related, life-threatening complications by 47% overall and 69% among Black women.
U.S. births rose 1% in 2021 to about 3.7 million, the first increase since 2014.
The action gives the HHS Secretary authority to allocate all ingredients necessary to manufacture infant formula in response to the U.S. shortage.
The mental health bill includes AHA-supported legislation that would reauthorize and expand a program that addresses maternal depression.
The program currently receives just 2% of total federal spending on graduate medical education.
Speakers will share women’s mental health resources and discuss national policy and stakeholder engagement.
The agency is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October, including five deaths.
CDC is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October; over 90% of the patients were hospitalized.
HRSA will launch May 8 a toll-free hotline for expecting and new mothers experiencing mental health challenges.
Tennessee and South Carolina extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.