Pay It Forward: UTMC Employee Helps Pregnant Women Find Diapers, Recovery Programs and More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — At UT Medical Center, there's a program for pregnant women struggling with substance abuse. As the doctors and nurses...
Clothing and Hope
How could it be that 30-50 percent of the babies delivered in Nashville hospitals are born into poverty? I was flabbergasted to learn...
Tennessee Bill Would Prosecute Moms for Assault If Their Babies Are Born Drug-Dependent
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that could be used to prosecute women for assault if they use illegal...
Tennessee Bill Would Charge Pregnant Women Using Drugs If Baby Born Addicted
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A Tennessee bill looks to prosecute pregnant women for assault if they use illegal drugs and the child is born addicted...
New Mothers Overcoming Addiction Face a World of Obstacles
Last June, Dajia Brown embarked on a dangerous phase of life — so dangerous that many in her situation do not survive. It started when...
Children Born with Neonatal Abstinence
TONIGHT on NBC Nightly News: Kate Snow reports on children whose mothers used opioids and were born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome --...
Drug-Fueled Wave of Kids Taken from Homes Peaks as Ohio Plans Children Services Reforms
A wave of Ohio children removed from their homes for neglect or abuse appears to have peaked, but the state's children's services system...
As Opioid Crisis Creates Orphans, Grandparents Take on Parenthood Again, Often with Few Resources
Jo Lynn Seagriff wanted to be a new grandma, not a new mom. Her 14-year-old daughter, Caroline, and 17-year-old son, Dalton, would leave...
HEALTH CARE Born Addicted: The Number of Opioid-Addicted Babies Is Soaring
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — As a team of nurses unwrap baby Jayden from the comfort of his swaddling cloth, he wails. His tiny feet shake. His...
East Tenn. Mom Shares Struggle with Addiction during Pregnancy
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) - Christy McQueen's son Gunner was born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS. It's the term for when babies...