Maternal and Child Health Resource Repository

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.

PeaceHealth St. Joseph in Bellingham, Wash., is supporting its most vulnerable patients by expanding access to donor breast milk for premature and at-risk newborns, ensuring they receive critical nutrition in their first days of life.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Community Health Innovation has enrolled 25 doula trainees from 14 counties across the state in its latest class, continuing an effort to strengthen maternal health outcomes, particularly in underserved and rural communities.

Enhanced infection prevention measures in neonatal intensive care units have been shown to significantly reduce the spread of hospital‑acquired viral infections among highly vulnerable infants, according to a study led by Oregon Health & Science University.

Renown Health is expanding access to women’s reproductive health care by partnering with the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) to launch the northern Nevada region’s first obstetrics and gynecology residency program.

University of Iowa Health Care is expanding its support for growing families with a series of major upgrades to maternal and newborn services, including a newly enhanced postpartum unit and a state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit.

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.

In this conversation, Duke University School of Medicine's Jonathan Posner, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Matthew Engelhard, M.D., P.h.D., assistant professor of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, break down the "Duke PMA" — an AI-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 and clinical protocols. This includes a thoughtful approach to how and when cesarean sections are performed.

As groups dedicated to protecting and advancing the health of America’s children, we thank you for your longstanding bipartisan support of CHGME, including a $5 million increase in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. We ask you to provide $1.02 billion in FY 2027 to fund CHGME with the same priority as other federal physician training programs.

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 and clinical protocols.

To reduce infant and maternal mortality rates, Baptist Health implemented programs with live nursing support.

In this conversation, Alejandro Quiroga, M.D., president and CEO of Children's Mercy Kansas City, and Mary Esselman, president and CEO of Operation Breakthrough, explore how one innovative partnership in Kansas City is bringing true whole-person care directly to the children and families who need it most.

The AHA asks that as the Senate begins drafting the FY 2027 appropriations bill, it funds health care programs that have proven successful in improving access to quality health care for patients and communities across America.

The AHA asks that as the House begins drafting the FY 2027 appropriations bill, it funds health care programs that have proven successful in improving access to quality health care for patients and communities across America.

University of Illinois Chicago's Pauline Maki, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology, and Makeba Williams, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, unpack why menopause care is finally having a breakthrough moment.

University of Utah Health is expanding its TeleNICU program to improve access to specialty newborn care in rural communities across the Mountain West.

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.