Destiny Strong remembers being alone and pregnant about 30 minutes from the closest hospital with maternal care. With several young children and a boyfriend in and out of jail, the Manchester mother ...
Baby supplies and educational materials sit on a shelf in the office of Krystal Keener, a Healthy Start care coordinator based at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic, in ...
Dallas County received more funding for its Healthy Start program, which provides prenatal, maternal, postpartum and infant care. The funds will go toward addressing racial and ethnic disparities in ...
BCFS Health and Human Services has announced the expansion of its Healthy Start program throughout Smith County. This initiative offers maternal and infant health services at no cost to families and ...
One in ten babies in the U.S. — nearly 374,000 infants — were born preterm in 2023, meaning before 37 weeks of pregnancy. More than 15 percent were very preterm, meaning they were born before 32 weeks ...