BEIJING, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Twice as many infants than previously confirmed by the Chinese government may have died from drinking melamine-laced formula, officials said.
HYATTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. infant mortality rate continued to worsen, dropping to 29th in the world in 2004, from 27th in 2000 and 12th in 1960, national health officials say.
IZMIR, Turkey, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Turkish officials say they're investigating the deaths of 13 infants at an Izmir hospital, less than two months after 27 infants died at an Ankara clinic.
ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Turkish health officials say they have halted admissions of some expectant mothers to an Ankara hospital where 27 infants have died in a two-week period.
ATLANTA, July 29 (UPI) -- Fifty-five percent of all U.S. infant deaths in 2005 occurred to the 2 percent of infants born after fewer than 32 weeks of gestation, officials say.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 1 (UPI) -- Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. obstetricians have considered giving up their practice because of the emotional toll of stillbirths and infant deaths, researchers say.
ATLANTA, June 11 (UPI) -- U.S. life expectancy at birth hit a record high in 2006 of 78.1 years, or about a four month increase from 2005, government officials said.
LONDON, May 31 (UPI) -- Researchers at a British hospital said bacterial infection may be a significant cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The United States ranks last among 19 industrialized nations when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- New York’s infant mortality rate -- often regarded as an indicator of a population’s general health -- fell slightly in 2006, a health department report said.
DETROIT, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- At least five babies in the Detroit area have suffocated in the past week while sleeping with their parents or other adults.
WASHINGTON, May 8 (UPI) -- A new government report suggests preterm birth contributes to more than one-third of all U.S. infant deaths.
JACKSON, April 22 (UPI) -- Cuts in welfare and poor medical care may be responsible for a sharp increase in infant deaths in Mississippi and neighboring states, doctors said.
CANBERRA, Australia, May 27 (UPI) -- The infant mortality gap between Australia's indigenous and non-indigenous populations has widened over 20 years, a study shows.
WESTPORT, Conn., May 9 (UPI) -- The United States has one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the industrialized world, with sub-Saharan African countries among the worst overall.
