Experts say there are several things families can do to protect their infants including having a sober caregiver and a safe sleep space.

Fewer Alaska babies were born in 2024 than the year prior, continuing a yearslong decline in the state’s births and women’s ...

A mother with her newborn baby in the hospital. Mothers from northern and Western Alaska are more likely than other Alaska mothers to give birth preterm, and the travel that many rural Alaska women ...

An orphaned walrus calf is now receiving rehabilitative care at the Alaska SeaLife Center. The calf, emaciated and dehydrated with minor wounds, is showing signs of improvement. While release is ...

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 ...