Google is celebrating Dr. Virginia Apgar, a groundbreaking figure in the field of anesthesiology known for inventing a scoring system that is credited with saving countless newborn babies’ lives, with ...

While you may not know who Dr Virginia Apgar is, she has touched the lives of almost every baby born today. Dr Virginia Apgar was an American obstetrical anesthetist and a leader in her field. She ...

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 that the ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

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 ...

Dr. Virginia Apgar was honored with a commemorative Google Doodle for her work in neonatology, anesthesiology, and teratology. But besides saving millions of babies with the Apgar test and working to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Google is celebrating Dr. Virginia Apgar, a groundbreaking figure in the field of anesthesiology known for inventing a scoring system that ...