Dr. Eddie Chang: Pennsylvania's Fragile Infants Need Access to an Exclusive Human Milk Diet
The Health Wonders of Human Milk
Early Beginnings, Big Challenges: Breastfeeding in the NICU
Statement on the Formula Shortage Crisis
Nutrition is fundamental to infants’ growth and development. Families’ lack of access to formula due to supply chain issues and compounded by recalls is unacceptable. No parent should ever fear they may not be able to feed their child. Moreover, this shortage could cause parents to turn to unsafe sources to obtain nutrition for their babies. We call on elected representatives, regulators, manufacturers and other government officials to take immediate action to shore up the supply chain and ensure all parents who want infant formula can access it.
From Mom to Baby: Antibodies and Infant Health
Everyone knows children inherit some things from their parents: their blue eyes, their curly hair, or perhaps their love of the outdoors. Moms take prenatal vitamins and get maternal vaccines like Tdap to transfer health benefits and good antibodies to their unborn babies.
Can Telehealth Make Pregnancy and Birth Safer?
It’s perhaps the oldest partnership in health care – safeguarding an expectant mother through pregnancy, assisting with the miracle of birth, and caring for the new mother and infant afterward. And increasingly, each stage of the process entails doctors treating patients remotely over high-speed internet and telecom connections.
