Premature births worsen US infant death rate
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 11:56
in Health & Medicine
ATLANTA (AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday....
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