Enlarge this image Stress, poverty and lack of health care can lead to premature birth. Rates remain stubbornly high in many states.…
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Scientists Search For Causes Of Preterm Birth And Better Ways To Test For Risk
by Sara Kiley Watson July 22, 2018Enlarge this image Scientists are in the early stages of developing new tests that could predict accurately if a woman is at…
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How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants
by Rebecca Davis December 20, 2017Enlarge this image Samantha Pierce of Cleveland has a 7-year-old daughter, Camryn. In 2009, Pierce gave premature birth to twins. The babies…
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Enlarge this image Deona Scott and her son Phoenix at her graduation from Charleston Southern University in South Carolina in 2015. Scott…
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Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies
by NPR April 25, 2017Enlarge this image An illustration of a fetal lamb inside the “artificial womb” device, which mimics the conditions inside a pregnant animal.…
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Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death in the U.S. and also can cause lifelong disabilities. Anthony Saffery/Getty Images hide…
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