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Infants are dying: Efforts in Jacksonville strive to help moms and reduce mortality, SIDS
The Florida Times-Union· 5 days agoIn Duval County’s long battle against a stubbornly high infant mortality rate, 18-month-old Kenneth...
Organization set to release grant money to fight infant mortality
WCMH via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio has the eighth-highest infant mortality rate in the country, according...
Government programs address MI maternal & infant health inequity
The Michigan Daily· 3 days agoThis article was written as part of The Michigan Daily’s investigation into the current state and future of health equity in Michigan. Infant mortality ...
Louisiana's alarming infant mortality rates spur push for home visits, Medicaid revamp
New Orleans Times-Picayune· 5 days agoWith newborn babies and their moms dying in Louisiana at some of the highest rates in the developed...
New Georgia commission will explore state's maternal and infant health
The Center Square· 8 hours agoHouse Bill 1046, which Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed earlier this week, created the Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health, tasked with making policy recommendations ...
Nashville's health disparities by race and income are wide, but incentives are a solution
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThis principle is particularly relevant in Nashville, where the 2018 Nashville Health Equity Report...
Kids Count report: Alabama still 45th in childhood well-being
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlabama ranked 45th overall among U.S. states for childhood well-being, the same rank as the...
Cincinnati Health Department gets $300,000 grant for maternal, infant health
FOX 19 Cincinnati· 4 days ago“Across the United States, there is definitely a maternal and child health crisis, and Cincinnati is...
Report: Alabama has poor health system performance, stark health care disparities
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAlabama has some of the most severe disparities in health care outcomes among racial groups,...
We’ve saved 154 million lives. Want to guess how?
Vox· 2 days agoSince 1974, infant mortality worldwide has plummeted. Vaccines alone, the researchers find, accounted for 40 percent of the decline in infant< ...