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Twin Falls Times-News – The National Institutes of Health reports that as many as 18 percent of premature, low-birthweight infants born in the U.S. each year may be linked to periodontal disease. But the March of Dimes believes premature births are caused by a mixture of

Lawmakers urged to spend more to make babies healthier
Florida Times-Union – TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Last year in Madison County, in rural north central Florida, 36 black infants died for every 1,000 babies born, giving the county a startling infant mortality rate. “We calculated that put us right between the Dominican Republic

LA hospital faulted for neonatal ICU bacteria outbreak
CNN – White Memorial Medical Center closed the unit Dec. 4 after an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sickened five infants. Two of the babies died, and their deaths were believed to have been caused by the pathogen. In a report issued Tuesday, inspectors

Viewpoint: Infant care another direct rule casualty
Belfast Telegraph – Not for the first time, Government assurances about the National Health Service have turned out not to be worth the paper upon which they were written. The latest case in point is a surgery unit for infants at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast

Teen Pregnancy Rates Hit All-Time Low
Washington Post – Non-Hispanic black newborns were more than twice as likely as non-Hispanic white and Hispanic infants to die within a year of birth. Other findings in the report: The twin birth rate rose by 2 percent in 2004, to 32.2 twins per 1,000 total births, a