infant mortality

A nurse attends to an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Holtz Children's Hospital at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Deaths among low-income children are making the US a leader in infant mortality

October 10, 2014Medicine

Among developed nations, the US has the highest rate of infant mortality despite pumping huge amounts of money into healthcare. That may be down to the lack of support for low-income families, where death rates among children are much higher.

An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year – and it costs 20 cents

March 4, 2014Health & Medicine

infant mortality

Deaths among low-income children are making the US a leader in infant mortality

An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year­ – and it costs 20 cents

An ointment could save up to half a million newborns a year – and it costs 20 cents