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 ...

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment. By Roni Caryn Rabin Shortly after they’re born, infants ...

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, ...