How did hospitals support breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic?

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it upended everything in hospitals, including the routines that help new parents start breastfeeding. A new report has taken a snapshot of that time, documenting what practices U.S. hospitals had in place to support breastfeeding during the crisis. The report doesn't tell us if these practices were successful, how many families they reached, or whether they changed over time. It simply provides a baseline picture of what was happening in hospitals, which is a first step toward asking bigger questions about how to support families during future public health emergencies.