WASHINGTON – Millions of women and children could lose out on special food benefits if the federal government stays shut down for long. Unlike Social Security, Medicare and the program formerly known ...

Recent studies from across the country have helped solidify the link between housing instability—for example, substandard conditions, homelessness or needing to move regularly—and poor infant health.

Includes updates and/or revisions. The federal economic-stimulus package’s $12.2 billion in funding for special education has been cheered as a way to offer financial breathing room for cash-strapped ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Public health professionals are now getting ready for an influx in families who put off or struggled to access early intervention for their children who may be experiencing ...

Martha Welch, MD, spent the better part of three decades in private practice treating children with emotional, behavioral, and developmental disorders before accepting a job on the faculty of Columbia ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its infant formula compliance program for investigators, laboratory analysts and compliance officers. The compliance program is designed to ...

San Diego (KGTV) — While school districts and the San Diego County Office of Education work to support families of students with special needs, some medical conditions and developmental delays are ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — In San Diego County, African American infants are nearly three times more likely to die in their first year than other infants. "Infant mortality is actually an important predictor ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Saving babies lives by teaching parents about ways to keep infants safe when they sleep. It's a program being run by the Philadelphia Health Department. October is Sudden Infant ...