infant mortality

New findings show Alabama’s infant mortality rate has climbed from recent years due to poverty, educational levels and medical access. The Alabama Department of Public Health continues to offer programs that focus on the reduction of the rate.

The Alabama Department of Public Health is asking the public to help combat infant mortality by joining the #ClearTheCrib #SafeSleepAL challenge. October is SIDS Awareness Month, and the department continues to promote the ABCs of safe sleep: Alone, on their Back, in a Crib.

One of the last remaining birthing units in southern Alabama is closing. The small, nonprofit Grove Hill Memorial Hospital in Clarke County will discontinue its labor and delivery services on Friday, Aug. 16 at the end of the business day.

Findings from the latest Alabama Kids Count Data Book are being released. The data measures how children are faring in the state and highlights several areas that policy and lawmakers need to prioritize to improve Alabama’s child well-being.

Alabama Arise Action members are urging state lawmakers to close the Medicaid coverage gap in Alabama, which they say can save lives, create jobs and boost workforce participation in the Yellowhammer State. Activists with the nonprofit organization lobbied for the measure last week in Montgomery.

Alabama is one of the worst states to have a baby. That’s according to the financial website WalletHub.

A nonprofit organization in Alabama has some tough news about kids in Alabama.VOICES for Alabama’s Children has released its annual Kids Count Data Book,…

State health officials say Alabama’s infant mortality rate is on the rise.The Alabama Department of Public health issued a news release yesterday saying…