Premature births plummeted as countries were in lockdown 

The World

This spring, hospitals around the world started to notice that premature births were falling, sometimes drastically. In some countries, the birth rate of extremely premature infants plummeted by 90%. Host Marco Werman speaks with professor Roy Philip, a neonatologist at University Maternity Hospital in Limerick, Ireland.

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