As parents across the nation struggle with the ongoing baby formula shortage, a certified infant feeding technician in Alaska is lending a hand through a social media group as the dilemma grows more ...

A troubling side effect of Alaska's spike in opiod abuse is getting increased attention from health care officials: drug-dependent babies who go through withdrawal in the first days of their lives. In ...

For some of us, having a baby means we feel confined to our frumpiest sweats on the couch, feeding and trying to nap for a few months. But Alaskan mom and her husband Lee and Mo Thompson, are intent ...

Fewer Alaska babies were born in 2023 than in previous years, but there were also fewer deaths in the state than in prior years, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still sweeping through the nation, said ...

Newborns rest in the nursery of a recovery center. Preliminary data shows that 10 babies were born with syphilis in 2023. Such cases of congential syphilis, which are infections passed on by pregnant ...

Fewer Alaska babies were born in 2024 than the year prior, continuing a yearslong decline in the state’s births and women’s fertility rates, a new report shows. There were 8,950 Alaska babies born ...

In January, Lottie Connelly got a call from her babysitter. They were out of formula, and her 10-month-old baby girl, Sloane, was hungry. On her way home from work, Connelly stopped by her local ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea and stepped outside into a blur of blowing snow. It was a short walk from the school ...

Every new parent faces the difficult decision of choosing the perfect name for a newborn. First names rarely get changed after being assigned and carry with them a wide range of meanings and ...