Babies

Oregon’s ‘Momnibus’ legislative package looks to improve outcomes through multiple supports, including expanding access to doulas.

Following two controversial moves by Oregon hospitals to close birth centers, new federal legislation would improve hospital reimbursements in Medicaid funds.

Judy Alder, 76, just loves babies. So much so that she spends most of her free time crocheting tiny beanies for their tiny heads. One of her specialities: crafting the smallest of hats for very sick babies in neonatal intensive care units, or NICUs.

Genetic tests are getting cheaper and more common. One family has used a procedure to rid its bloodline of the BRCA gene mutation and the associated cancer risk.

A team of researchers at Oregon Health & Science University has officially become the first in the United States to use a gene-editing tool to target a disease-causing mutation.

Dr. Carol Howe just retired from her career as both a practicing midwife and a pioneer in the field of nurse midwifery education.