Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger
Amid opioid crisis, drug firm cites WV infant rehab clinic for possible fault
Zika Virus Update: Interim Guidance for Health Care Providers Caring for Pregnant Women
— United States (Including U.S. Territories), July 2017 Weekly / July 28, 2017 / 66(29);781-793 On July 24, 2017, this report was posted online as an MMWR Early Release. CDC has updated the interim guidance for U.S. health care providers caring for pregnant women with possible Zika virus exposure in response to 1) declining prevalence of Zika virus disease in … Read More
More hospital closings in rural America add risk for pregnant women
Article from Reuter News – Written by Jilian Mincer Bay Minette, Alabama (Reuters) – Dr. Nicole Arthur, a family practice physician, was trained to avoid Cesarean deliveries in child-birth, unless medically necessary, because surgery increases risks and recovery time. But she has adjusted her approach since arriving last year at the 70-bed North Baldwin Infirmary in rural, southern Alabama. Low … Read More
West Virginia Court: Drugs in Newborn’s System Shows Abuse
By Rachel Ayers Jun 09, 2017 CHARLESTON– West Virginia’s highest court has ruled that evidence of illicit drugs in a newborn’s umbilical cord is sufficient to bring a child abuse proceeding against the mother and the father who knew about her drug use. West Virginia’s highest court has ruled that evidence of illicit drugs in a newborn’s umbilical cord is … Read More
Welch Community Hospital No Longer Has a Baby Delivery Department
Jun 4, 2017 By CHARLES BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph WELCH — McDowell County mothers-to-be will now have to go out of county to have their babies delivered. After decades of offering the service, Welch Community Hospital no longer has a delivery department. The hospital’s long-time obstetrics physician, Dr. Julito Sultan, retired, prompting the change, said Allison Addler, with the West … Read More
Access to care remains large challenge for expectant mothers in rural areas
by Brooke Thibodaux | Thursday, February 9th, 2017 | Click for Original Story Webster Springs, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — Access to maternity care is shrinking for women in many rural counties. In Webster County, Sabrina Mcie lives off a windy gravel road. Mcie is 35 weeks along and she can’t wait to welcome her little girl, Naveah, into the world next … Read More
Health departments offer incentive for expectant mothers to quit smoking
The Herald-Dispatch | (View the original story) Jan 4, 2017 Updated Jan 4, 2017 CHARLESTON — Pregnant women in Kanawha and Putnam counties who use tobacco products now have an added incentive to quit. Baby & Me Tobacco Free is a smoking cessation program created to reduce the burden of tobacco use on pregnant women and newborn mothers and children. An … Read More