First Mention: Rh Factor, 1944

Monday, January 3, 2011 - 17:50 in Health & Medicine

The so-called Rh factor makes few headlines these days, but until the middle of the 20th century it was a serious public-health concern, implicated in the deaths and severe disabilities of 10,000 babies in this country every year.

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