Securing WIC Virtual Services: The Overlooked Digital Health Tool in America’s Maternal Mortality Crisis

The US government has only weeks left to either approve the 2027 federal spending bills or extend government funding to avoid funding lapses for essential programs. In this News and Perspectives article, JMIR Correspondent Anika Nayak reports on one such program—The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children—and explains why Congress should seize the opportunity to make the program’s remote services a permanent feature.