Maternal and Child Health Resource Repository

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Saturday recommended the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizervaccine for children of certain ages.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today approved state plan amendments allowing Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington, D.C., to extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act

The AHA launched a new video offering a simple, but stark look at the reality of the numbers of children getting infected, hospitalized and dying from COVID-19

An initial 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine are available for children under age 5 if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children in this age group, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O’Connell said yesterday during a White House briefing. 

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a report evaluating the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program.

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said U.S. supplies now exceed pre-pandemic levels.

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. This podcast talks about why pregnant women are more prone to serious infections and what they can do to protect themselves and their babies.

The COVID-19 virus can be especially dangerous for women during pregnancy.

Pregnant women around the country faced uncertainty upon the arrival of COVID-19.

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.

Between 2011 and 2015, the number of children presenting to the ED for behavioral health concerns at Rady Children’s Hospital increased by 500%.

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.

Through its MOMs program, Northwell Health seeks to decrease the incidence of preventable maternal morbidity and mortality in its community, especially for women of color, by focusing on care before conception, during pregnancy and through the “fourth trimester” — the 12 weeks after delivery.