Nutrition

Early Beginnings, Big Challenges: Breastfeeding in the NICU

Early Beginnings, Big Challenges: Breastfeeding in the NICU

Neonatal intensive care units can look like something out of science fiction. Blinking lights, machines, tubes, lines, alerts and a steady stream of people coming and going can be confusing and frightening to parents of preemies.

Statement on the Formula Shortage Crisis

Nutrition is fundamental to infants’ growth and development. Families’ lack of access to formula due to supply chain issues and compounded by recalls is unacceptable. No parent should ever fear they may not be able to feed their child. Moreover, this shortage could cause parents to turn to unsafe sources to obtain nutrition for their babies. We call on elected representatives, regulators, manufacturers and other government officials to take immediate action to shore up the supply chain and ensure all parents who want infant formula can access it.

From Mom to Baby: Antibodies and Infant Health

From Mom to Baby: Antibodies and Infant Health

Everyone knows children inherit some things from their parents: their blue eyes, their curly hair, or perhaps their love of the outdoors. Moms take prenatal vitamins and get maternal vaccines like Tdap to transfer health benefits and good antibodies to their unborn babies.

Can Telehealth Make Pregnancy and Birth Safer?

Can Telehealth Make Pregnancy and Birth Safer?

It’s perhaps the oldest partnership in health care – safeguarding an expectant mother through pregnancy, assisting with the miracle of birth, and caring for the new mother and infant afterward. And increasingly, each stage of the process entails doctors treating patients remotely over high-speed internet and telecom connections.


Black Maternal Health Crisis Captures White House Attention

Black Maternal Health Crisis Captures White House Attention

America’s maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the developed world. It’s a crisis of epic proportions. And like many other crises, not all Americans are equitably affected.