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Tag: infant health

photo shows an empty rocking chair and bassinet, representing the mothers in NC looking for baby formula
Posted inChildren's Health

How NC families are coping with the formula shortage.

by Anne Blythe May 18, 2022May 17, 2022

By Anne Blythe Mothers in Wake County have come together in a Facebook group to alert people to stores that have baby formula on their shelves and help get supplies to those in need. On Formula Exchange Wake County NC, moms have been posting messages about the kinds of formula they are seeking. Others post […]

shows a newborn baby in a hospital maternity/ obstetrics unit
Posted inChildren's Health

Pandemic babies: how are they developing in a world upended by COVID?

by Taylor Knopf October 21, 2021October 19, 2021
shows a woman in an orange jumpsuit, sitting on a bed, shackled. she's in a cell that has a sink and toilet.
Posted inGender health

Beyond ending shackling, a new bill opens up questions about children born to incarcerated moms

by Hannah Critchfield May 13, 2021May 12, 2021
photo shows an empty rocking chair and bassinet, representing the mothers in NC looking for baby formula
Posted inGender health

Program seeks to increase number of Black doulas in NC

by Hannah Critchfield March 29, 2021March 28, 2021
A pregnant woman with a mask sits in her room.
Posted inGender health

Disrupting the cycle of addiction, one mother at a time

by Liora Engel-Smith October 26, 2020January 27, 2021
shows child foods on a shelf labeled WIC
Posted inChildren's Health

WIC benefits help improve child, maternal nutrition, but fewer families are accessing it

by Sarah Ovaska July 15, 2019July 15, 2019

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