Key Takeaways Where an expecting mother resides can influence the future health of their newbornRural mothers are less likely ...

A standard screening test given to newborns minutes after birth is a less accurate predictor of infant mortality for Black babies than other children, a new study shows, but the authors said the Apgar ...

In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...

Babies born to mothers who live in rural areas or who don't receive prenatal care may face higher risks of health ...

DALLAS - It has been said that all babies born in modern hospitals are seen first through the eyes of Dr. Virginia Apgar. In 1952, Apgar, an anesthesiologist, developed a 10-point scoring system as a ...

Sometimes noticing the smallest detail can make the biggest difference. This is true not only in everyday life but in science as well. Dr. Virginia Apgar developed a system of noticing the smallest ...

You might not be familiar with Virginia Apgar, but her impact likely touched your life the moment you were born. Best known for creating a simple test, the longtime Tenafly resident revolutionized the ...

She's fresh into the world, less than a minute old. Chances are she's wet, cold, and unhappy. And she's seconds away from her first test. About one minute after a baby is born in the United States, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The 5-minute Apgar score assigned to infants immediately after delivery varies considerably among different observers, Australian investigators concluded after viewing the ...