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Infant health

Pediatric health

Infants in households with very low food security may have greater obesity risk

Published Aug 28, 2020

Diet and weight gain in infancy are believed to factor into future obesity and health concerns; low food security is now widespread in the U.S. due to the COVID-19 crisis, researchers say

Maternal health

Simple steps to safer births for moms, babies

Published Dec 20, 2018

Training midwives, nurses in the facilities where they deliver babies—instead of off-site locations—improves health outcomes in parts of Africa, Jhpiego study shows

Virginia Apgar gets a Google doodle

Published June 7, 2018

Hopkins alum developed the Apgar Score, an assessment that has helped save countless newborn babies around the world

A woman holds a flashcard from a spiral bound notebook depicting a mother feeding a child, while in the foreground, a woman holds her sleeping baby

Nurturing 'Family Spirit'

Published Sept 25, 2017

Home-visit program launched by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health strengthens bonds in tribal communities

Illustration shows a cardboard mobile for a baby on a soft peach background

Safe slumber

Published Fall 2017

Baltimore mom Shantell Roberts was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the Social Innovation Lab to develop a lightweight cardboard box that serves as a bassinet / Johns Hopkins Magazine