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.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said no infant formula made in China has been approved for import into the United States.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The death rate for children under age 5 declined in 2007, but much remains to be done to save children's lives, UNICEF officials said Friday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New York City's infant mortality rate fell again in 2007, reaching the lowest level ever recorded, city health department officials said.
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.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. infant mortality rates have stalled since 2000, following 40 years of progress, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Trust for America's Health officials said.
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.
LOS ANGELES, March 26 (UPI) -- A baby boy in a developing country is more likely to die than a baby girl, U.S. researchers said.
ATLANTA, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Life expectancy at birth in the United States remained the same in 2005 from 2004, at 77.8 years, but decreased for those ages 65 to 74, statistics show.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Federal standards are needed for investigations into infant mortality across the United States, a Scripps Howard News Service study concluded.
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.
