Archive for May 2025

We are thrilled to share important news that supports the health and well-being of mothers and babies across our region. On April 22, Governor Phil Murphy signed a groundbreaking bill into law in New Jersey that exempts nursing mothers from jury duty—offering compassion, flexibility, and equity for families during the critical first year of a…

May is NEC Awareness Month, a time to shine a light on one of the most serious and life-threatening conditions affecting premature babies—Necrotizing Enterocolitis, or NEC. At The New York Milk Bank, we know that education and access to human milk can be powerful tools in the fight to protect our most vulnerable infants. What…

May 19th is World Human Milk Donation Day, a global recognition of the life-saving impact of donor human milk and the generous people who make it possible. At The New York Milk Bank (NYMB), we witness firsthand how every donated ounce becomes a powerful gift—providing fragile, premature, and medically vulnerable babies with the nourishment they…