Virginia Apgar kept score for America's babies and coveted scores on the violin as well. She was a doctor, musician, instrument maker — and an overall pioneering female physician who overcame the ...

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. Part of ...

How important is Dr. Virginia Apgar to the modern practice of obstetrics? Here is the way the National Library of Medicine’s website puts it: “[E]very baby born in a modern hospital anywhere in the ...

The search engine paid a colorful doodle tribute Thursday to the late anesthesiologist's innovative contributions that ultimately helped save the lives of millions of children since the 1950s. Born on ...

Google Doodle honors female anesthesiologist who aimed to lower infant mortality rates On June 7, Google honored what would have been the 109th birthday of Virginia Apgar, MD, a pioneering ...

Dr. Virginia Apgar has helped save millions of newborn lives with the method that bears her name Influential physician and New Jersey native Dr. Virginia Apgar devised a system in the 1950s to assess ...

You might not be familiar with Virginia Apgar, but her impact likely touched your life the moment you were born. Best known for creating a simple test, the longtime Tenafly resident revolutionized the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The 5-minute Apgar score assigned to infants immediately after delivery varies considerably among different observers, Australian investigators concluded after viewing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might not be familiar with Virginia Apgar, but her impact likely touched your life the moment you were born. Best known for ...