Pregnant women should still be considered an at-risk population

In 2021, Sophie Middlemiss took her own life, 10 weeks after the birth of her third child

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

Cuts to federal health institutions could alter newborn hearing and rare disease screening programs.

Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health experts fear that progress could be rolled back as a result of the Trump admin…

The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families

Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr Multiple maternal and child health programs have been eliminated or hollowed out as part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) layoffs, prompting alarm and disbelief among advocates working to make Americans healthier. The fear and anxiety come as a full accounting of the cuts remains elusive. Federal health officials have released only broad descriptions of changes to be made, rather than a detailed accounting of the programs and departments being eviscerated. Continue reading...

The American Public Health Association is working to highlight the important role the federal workforce brings to protecting the public's health. We are trying to gather as much information as quickly...