infant health

The federal government is increasing funding for a program that offers families free, voluntary home visits by health professionals from pregnancy to kindergarten. The state hopes to use those dollars to fill maternal and infant health care gaps.

The program allows local organizations to provide home visits from nurses, social workers and other health workers to help families with prenatal care and postpartum support.

The Oklahoma Breastfeeding Resource Center at the OU Health Sciences Center will dole $750,000 in grant funding over three years to ten rural hospitals

The farther a woman has to travel to receive maternity care, the greater risk they have of maternal morbidity and adverse infant outcomes.

Jacob is just a few hours old when registered nurse Amy Burnett begins one of the simplest measurements to tell if a newborn is healthy — their…

Oklahoma health-care professionals reported to the state a record 517 cases of newborn infants who tested positive for dangerous drugs or alcohol last…