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 ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 109th birthday of physician Virginia Apgar, who developed the scale doctors still use to quickly gauge the health of newborn babies: the Apgar score. The Apgar ...

Today's Google doodle is celebrating what would have been the 109th birthday of American anesthesiologist Dr Virginia Apgar. She may not be a well-known name here in the UK but she worked heavily in ...

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 ...

Google Doodle on Thursday is celebrating the birthday of anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar. Virginia Apgar is known as one of the leading figures in the field of anaesthesiology and teratology. Google ...

Google paid a doodle tribute to United States anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar, known for developing the ‘Apgar score’ to test newborn infants, on her 109th birth anniversary on Thursday. The Apgar ...

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 ...

Minutes after an infant is born, doctors must assess five key health metrics: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, reflex response, and color. The assessment, called the Apgar Score, helps determine ...

Between the 1930s and the 1950s, something sort of strange happened in the United States. The infant mortality rate went into decline, but the number of babies that died within 24 hours of birth ...

The Apgar scale (Figure 2) was named after Virginia Apgar (1909-1974), an American anesthesiologist, and is used to rapidly assess the status of a newborn immediately after birth. Administered at 1 ...

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 ...