Maternal and Child Health Resource Repository

Hospitals have improved outcomes for patients who have just given birth with silicone wristbands that read, “I Gave Birth,” a simple visual reminder for mothers and their caregivers

Gabriela Jimenez Thompson, program lead of Our Story Begins at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, and Liliana Escobar, R.N., NICU head nurse at Bellevue Hospital Center, share how the Our Story Begins program uses books, reading, language and nurse education to strengthen NICU parent engagement, bonding and early childhood development.

A 16-year-old Kansas patient is looking toward a future with fewer health limitations after receiving a heart transplant at Children’s Mercy Kansas City.

The University of New Mexico Hospital has completed a major expansion and modernization of its Children’s Psychiatric Center in Albuquerque.

The Health Resources and Services Administration Aug. 12 announced a modernized framework for addressing national newborn screening topics, which includes evaluating conditions for inclusion in the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel.

President Trump signed an executive order Aug. 10 revamping the federal government’s recommended childhood vaccine schedule.

Born in Idaho Falls at just 22 weeks gestation and weighing only 1 pound 4 ounces, Logan Ames faced overwhelming odds as a micro-preemie. One year later, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center celebrated his first birthday, celebrating not only Logan’s survival but also the dedication of the doctors, nurses, and family members who supported him through 163 days in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Ambulatory care is expected to become the “new center of gravity” for health systems over the next decade, with outpatient volumes projected to grow 20% by 2036, according to the 2026 Impact of Change forecast from Vizient.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced July 31 that it awarded $73.2 million in grants for children’s mental health, suicide prevention and assisted outpatient treatment programs.

More than two decades after its launch, Ascension Wisconsin’s Blanket of Love program continues to help families thrive by providing expectant parents with access to critical health, education and community resources.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation has launched the Advancing Doulas and Perinatal Teams Toolkit, a new resource designed to help hospitals better integrate doulas into maternal care teams and improve outcomes for mothers and infants.

CD19-positive mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL) is one of the rarest forms of blood cancer. It’s also one of the deadliest; the median survival rate is usually months. And there has been no FDA-approved treatment — until now.

A gene therapy called LYFGENIA is transforming the way sickle cell disease is treated in children — but it isn’t easy to administer, and it’s not yet widely available.

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

Pediatric behavioral health has become an urgent priority — and a space for innovation. Adult-centered treatment models don’t translate seamlessly to young people, requiring care teams to rethink where and how care is delivered. Increasingly, pediatric providers are incorporating young patients’ feedback into new care delivery models.

The Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program has released a report highlighting how three rural maternal health networks funded by the agency expanded maternity care access from September 2021 through August 2025. The report explains how networks in Minnesota, Missouri and West Virginia used telehealth, remote patient monitoring, patient navigation, group prenatal care, doula services and ot

Sanford Children’s Therapies is expanding its use of Dynamic Movement Intervention (DMI) in Bismarck, bringing an advanced pediatric rehabilitation approach to children with developmental and neurological challenges.

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.

Three young heart patients at Texas Children’s Hospital turned a difficult medical journey into an inspiring story of friendship, resilience and hope.

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.