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May 14, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Louisiana is also the first state in the country to modify the birth certificate to allow for easier, real-time collection of birth outcome data on every premature baby delivered. The information we need to monitor for continuous improvement is now ...
May 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Preterm babies are born at a higher rate in the US than in 130 other countries, including many poorer nations, according to a report released today, Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, published by the March of Dimes and almost ...
February 9, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Healthy Babies is the focus of the annual President’s Challenge of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and this week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put funding behind the issue as well, announcing the S ...
November 18, 2011 | New Public Health Post
One million babies worldwide died this year because they were born too soon, according to the March of Dimes. The Empire State Building towers were lit in purple last night in honor of the first-ever World Prematurity Day. This day is a call to rais ...
October 26, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The annual Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) President’s Challenge will focus on infant mortality and healthy babies this year. ASTHO’s Healthy Babies Project will support state health officials and their staff in improvin ...
September 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) honors Ruth Ann Shepherd, MD.
September 12, 2012 | New Public Health Post
David L. Lakey, MD, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, ends his term as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, (ASTHO)at the group’s annual meeting in Austin this week. NewPublicHealth spok ...
April 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) scholars, fellows and grantees. Some recent examples: Surgeons do not include radiation oncologists early eno ...