Premature Birth Rates Rise Again, But A Few States Are Turning Things Around
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- 2018
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- National Public Radio
The rate of premature birth across the United States rose for the third year in a row, according to the annual premature birth report card from March of Dimes, a nonprofit organization that works to improve maternal and infant health. This comes after nearly a decade of decline from 2007 to 2015.
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