The Apgar score is a scoring system doctors and nurses use to assess newborns one minute and five minutes after they are born. It was created in 1952.

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

Stanford researchers have developed a method for predicting health problems in premature babies that they say is much more reliable than the standard Apgar score used to evaluate newborns' health ...

The Apgar test rates a baby's health on a scale of one to ten. Researchers in Sweden found a link between a score of under seven and lower intelligence in teenagers.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. Virginia Apgar noticed something odd. Despite the US infant mortality rate decreasing overall, a high number of infants were still dying within 24 hours of birth.

June 20 -- (HealthDay News) -- As soon as your baby is delivered at a hospital or other medical facility, it's commonly whisked away to be evaluated by the waiting team of professionals. The ...

Since the 1950s, the Apgar test — a brief physical examination given in the minutes after a baby is born — has been used to determine the overall health of newborns. Researchers now believe ...