Birth Defects Toll Highlights Global Health Gaps
The March of Dimes reports about 8 million babies born yearly with serious birth defects, many dying antes age five. While most occur in poorer countries, Iran and Chile show preventions can work cheaply. folic acid fortification cut defects in Chile by 40 percent and the U.S. by one third.
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Scores race to adopt baby abandoned in Jake
Doctors released a 2 month old girl from a hospital Monday, two days after she was found in a black plastic bag. The incident prompted a police probe into the abandonment and a statewide call for protective services.
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Brazil hospital crowd gathers for infant rescue film
A dramatic rescue of a baby from Pampulha Lake near Belo Horizonte drew crowds at Odilio Behrens Hospital as locals hoped to adopt or glimpse the child. Police arrested the 27 year old mother Simone Cassiano da Silva on charges of attempted homicide as Juvenile Court weighs custody options amid hospital disruptions.
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