I still remember how, as a new parent, I would often tiptoe into my sleeping son's room multiple times a day — and night — to make sure he was still breathing. Thanks to Safe to Sleep, a public ...

In mid-2025, rumors spread online about the potential closure of the national campaign "Safe to Sleep," which educated parents on ways to reduce the risk of sleep-related infant deaths. The National ...

A long-running campaign credited with saving thousands of infant lives is now in limbo, after federal budget cuts under the Trump administration shut down the office overseeing it. The Safe to Sleep ...

Katie Stern has lived through every parent’s worst nightmare. On Aug. 24, 2016, she put her newborn son Toby down for an afternoon nap – a nap he never woke up from. Toby was 12 weeks and 5 days old.

I still remember how, as a new parent, I would often tiptoe into my sleeping son's room multiple times a day — and night — to make sure he was still breathing. Thanks to Safe to Sleep, a public ...

For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts... Trump cuts baby 'Safe to Sleep' team. Here's what ...