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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million for research on health issues in cattle and swine. The

Purdue University researchers recently were awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million to study health issues in cattle and swine. The projects are among $13 million in investments made

Projects are among $13 million in investments that USDA NIFA recently announced.

Projects are among $13 million in investments that USDA NIFA recently announced.

Projects are among $13 million in investments that USDA NIFA recently announced.

Federal health officials are reminding parents of infants to properly sterilize breast pump equipment after a baby died last year from a rare bacterial infection.

Johnson C. Smith University was recently awarded nearly $1 million from Mecklenburg County to expand the school’s Black Birthing Professions program. The program focuses on improving the health of mothers and babies while also expanding access to professional training for people of color. That includes JCSU’s Lactation Consultant Training Program which aims to recruit more women of color into the field.

When WVU social work professor and director of the Women’s Resource Center Leslie Tower returned to work after having her second child in 2006, she struggled to find a place

Both Sanford Health and Essentia Health in Fargo report more inquiries from new mothers about breastfeeding.

Both Sanford Health and Essentia Health in Fargo report more inquiries from new mothers about breastfeeding.