infant
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That life expectancy, however, was heavily skewed by high infant mortality, according to the Social Security Administration.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The warning is based on an analysis of 12 key indicators including infant mortality, mental health, obesity, vaccine rates and asthma.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And sentimentality has never closed an achievement gap, reduced an infant mortality rate, or lifted anyone out of poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the underlying condition made the infant especially vulnerable to severe illness after contracting measles.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
As a house servant, the teenage Betty Hemings would have been responsible for taking care of the infant girl.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
On my boat, a packed, three-deck pleasure cruise otherwise populated by swimsuit-clad tourists and screaming infants, the story was much the same.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
They were powerless against the will of the state, social workers and religious organisations, and the system which supplied infants to adoptive families.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
A fire erupted in a hospital's maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday, killing 14 infants, Pakistani authorities said, with the prime minister calling for an investigation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
At least 12 of those infected in California were infants too young to be vaccinated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Since sugar and meat were both in short supply, and since it was rumored that infants had died from saccharin mixed into formulas as a sugar substitute, these charges were widely believed.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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