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Saturday, May 15, 2021 4:00 AM During a year of loss for so many, Indiana has made modest gains in addressing a public health crisis for its youngest residents. While Indiana’s infant mortality rate has fallen to the lowest level in state recorded history, we still have work to do to achieve Governor Holcomb’s challenge to be the “best in the Midwest” by 2024.
Defined as the death of a baby before his or her first birthday, infant mortality is widely recognized as the leading global indicator of a population’s health status. Despite being one of the wealthiest and most medically sophisticated countries in the world, the United States has an unacceptably high infant mortality rate of 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births. Within the United States, Indiana ranks 42nd, losing more than 11 Hoosier babies each week.
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Top 10 Breast Milk Headlines
Breast milk helps build a baby’s budding immune system, and the act of breastfeeding establishes emotional bonding. And, frankly, mammals are built for it. So why is there continually so much controversy surrounding the topic? Some women have blamed the sexualization of breasts for the pushback they receive when nursing their babies in public. Others have harshly judged and criticized mothers who opt for formula over breast milk. Even COVID-19 and COVID vaccinations have shone a spotlight on it: The virus will not be passed on to baby through breast milk, but antibodies from the vaccine will. Every few years, a new debate involving breast milk arises. These are some of the most notable.