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In light of the surgeon general's warning about social media use, Jenny Radesky, a pediatrician at Mott's Children's Hospital, weighs in on the effect unmitigated media use can have on young children. She also talks about how to differentiate healthy and unhealthy media usage.

State and local leaders announced Wednesday the start of a financial assistance program to support expectant mothers and their newborn babies in Flint.

A group of parents in Michigan has won a key ruling in a lawsuit involving the state's newborn blood testing program. A federal judge says Michigan must return or destroy leftover blood spots from nine children or get approval from the parents to continue keeping them.

Experts say supply chain-related shortages in baby formula will likely continue despite the reopening of The Abbott Baby Formula Factory in Sturgis last weekend.

The baby formula shortage is a nationwide problem, but a shut down of a formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan ignited it. What went wrong and what is the plan to quickly end the shortage?

The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) houses a hospital's tiniest, most fragile patients. The smallest babies there can weigh less than a pound at…

One dirty truth about child rearing is the high price of diapers, which can cost families from $70 to $80 per month per child. Congress is considering…

An anti-circumcision group says Michigan’s Medicaid program should stop funding for circumcision.Michigan has one of the highest circumcision rates in the…

State health officials are celebrating the 50th anniversary of a screening program that has saved the lives of more than seven thousand newborns.Starting…

Parents love pictures of their baby. That’s why we don’t complain, at least not to their faces, when they take over Facebook and fill up our email.But…