Maternal and Child Health News

Following today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a statement from AHA General Counsel.

We expect that today’s decision will have practical impacts on hospitals and health systems, including on health care provided across state lines, EMTALA obligations, maternal health care, the clinician-patient relationship, medical education and access to care for individuals regardless of socioeconomic status.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today unanimously recommended Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11 and adolescents aged 12

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Saturday recommended the Moderna vaccine and the Pfizervaccine for children of certain ages.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today approved state plan amendments allowing Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington, D.C., to extend postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months after pregnancy for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees under the American Rescue Plan Act

The AHA launched a new video offering a simple, but stark look at the reality of the numbers of children getting infected, hospitalized and dying from COVID-19

An initial 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine are available for children under age 5 if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends t

The Health Resources and Services Administration has released a report evaluating the Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program.

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said U.S. supplies now exceed pre-pandemic levels.

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.

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.

Learn how Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego transformed behavioral health care for children.

The webpage offers resources to help during the formula shortage.

California, Kentucky, Oregon and Florida extend Medicaid and CHIP postpartum coverage to 12 months.

Webinar will focus on pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. 

States encouraged to coordinate their federal funding streams to expand access. 

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.