Infant Mortality

An increase in state and local government non-health care spending on social and environmental services was associated with a reduction in infant mortality among some high-risk populations, study results in Pediatrics showed.

Under the care of white physicians, Black newborns are three times more likely to die than white newborns, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

The risk for congenital heart disease-related infant mortality was higher when mothers lived farther from specialized pediatric cardiac centers, according to a research letter published in Circulation.

Insecticide use and infant mortality have increased in United States counties affected by declining bat populations, according to a study published in Science.

The association between additional government spending and reduced infant mortality is stronger than originally reported, according to a study published in Pediatrics.