The Apgar test has rescued countless infants, but people are often surprised to discover Virginia Apgar was a real person.

The birth of a baby is thrilling for parents. But the delivery room can be confusing with medical personnel and lots of monitors. A number of screenings for newborns are given right away, including ...

The Apgar score is a scoring system doctors and nurses use to assess newborns after they’re born. A score of 7 to 10 five minutes after birth is reassuring, 4 to 7 is moderately abnormal, and 0 to 3 ...

The Apgar score has long served as a rapid and effective tool for assessing the immediate physiological state of a newborn. By evaluating five key criteria—heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, ...

Google celebrated the life of the indelible Virginia Apgar on Thursday, marking what would have been her 109th birthday with a commemorative doodle — and with good reason! Apgar made great strides ...

Preterm infants with lower Apgar scores had an increased risk of neonatal death, according to a population study in Sweden. Among babies born at 36 weeks or earlier, higher risk of mortality was seen ...

October 21, 2010 — A low Apgar score at birth has been found to be strongly associated with cerebral palsy, especially in children with normal birth weight, new research suggests. "Given that Apgar ...

Apgar scores of 7, 8, and 9 (considered to be within the normal range) are associated with higher risks of illness and even death in newborns, finds a large study from Sweden published by The BMJ ...

This piece is part of an ongoing series on the unsung women of history. Read more here. You may not know who Virginia Apgar was, but chances are she touched your life the moment you emerged from your ...

The test of health given to all infants just moments after they're born may also indicate trouble in school for a few of those infants once they become teenagers, a new study shows. Researchers looked ...

A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a new study. A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes ...