Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – Millions of women and children could lose out on special food benefits if the federal government stays shut down for ...

Washington’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition program just got a reprieve, according to the Washington Department of Health. Last week, state officials warned that funding for the WIC ...

Martha Welch, MD, spent the better part of three decades in private practice treating children with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders before accepting a job on the faculty of Columbia ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Public health professionals are now getting ready for an influx in families who put off or struggled to access early intervention for their children who may be experiencing ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — According to the Kern County Department of Public Health, approximately one in seven African American babies in California is born too early or too small. But that is why ...

The Vanderburgh County Health Department attributes the improvement essentially to active intervention in lieu of data collection alone.

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — In San Diego County, African American infants are nearly three times more likely to die in their first year than other infants. "Infant mortality is actually an important predictor ...