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.
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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.
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.
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The webpage offers resources to help during the formula shortage.
California, Kentucky, Oregon and Florida extend Medicaid and CHIP postpartum coverage to 12 months.
The 20-month pilot reduced hospitalizations for pregnancy-related, life-threatening complications by 47% overall and 69% among Black women.
U.S. births rose 1% in 2021 to about 3.7 million, the first increase since 2014.
The action gives the HHS Secretary authority to allocate all ingredients necessary to manufacture infant formula in response to the U.S. shortage.
The program currently receives just 2% of total federal spending on graduate medical education.
The agency is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October, including five deaths.
CDC is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October; over 90% of the patients were hospitalized.
Tennessee and South Carolina extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released a report on the nine children recently hospitalized in Alabama with acute hepatitis of unknown origin who also had adenovirus.
Unvaccinated children aged 5-11 were twice as likely as vaccinated children to be hospitalized for COVID-19 in the first few months of the omicron wave, the study found.
The need to improve maternal and child health equity in America while reducing access disparities has become a national focus. As policymakers and provider organizations continue to seek ways to reverse these trends, hospitals and health systems are stepping up with innovative efforts.
Michigan yesterday became the second state to extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and CHIP enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act.
CMS to convene stakeholders to share best practices; HRSA awards grants
The March of Dimes recently updated its implicit bias training modules to emphasize the importance of creating an action plan.