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AHA video highlights hospital-community partnerships in New Orleans 

The AHA collaborated with LCMC Health in New Orleans to spotlight innovative efforts that extend care beyond hospital walls.

CMS no longer requiring states to report immunizations for children, pregnant women 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Dec. 30 that it will no longer require states to report measures reflecting the immunization status of children and pregnant women, but states can still report that information voluntarily.

CDC updates childhood vaccine schedule 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jan. 5 updated the childhood vaccine schedule.

Two heart transplants in one day showcase cardiac transplant team

A heart transplant comes close to a miracle for those who need it. It takes many hands to make that miracle happen: A team including surgeons, operating room staff, heart and lung machine specialists, physicians and others must work together to ensure a successful surgery. It’s a careful balance, and one that the Medical University of South Carolina recently pulled off twice in one day.
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One heart, three lives: How Duke Health is revolutionizing pediatric heart transplants

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke pioneered in 2022.
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Baby is thriving after innovative procedure to shrivel lemon-sized cyst

A team at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero.
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Hospitals Are Prioritizing Maternal Health to Improve Patient Safety

Hospitals are prioritizing maternal health by focusing on patient safety throughout pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.
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Froedtert West Bend Hospital opens breast milk donation depot

Froedtert West Bend Hospital has expanded its breast milk donation program to mothers and babies not only in the hospital but also the surrounding region.

HHS announces proposed rules prohibiting 'sex-rejecting procedures' for children

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 18 announced three regulatory actions related to the practice of “sex-rejecting procedures” on children. 
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Illinois hospital launches pediatric heart transplant program

East Chicago, Ind., teen Nataly Paramó became the first pediatric heart transplant recipient at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill.