cot death

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However, Prof Blair and colleagues, including representatives of the cot death charity Lullaby Trust, said there was a lack of evidence into how safe the boxes are for sleeping in.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2018

His girlfriend gave birth to a son, whom they lost to cot death at four months.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2018

Briony was born in 1982; their son, Harry, two years later, but he died from cot death aged just 98 days.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2017

Another helped to cement advice that babies should be put to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of cot death, by showing that this sleeping position did not cause any developmental delays.

From Nature • Apr. 11, 2012

What's cheering about this - and I do hear the concerns - is that everybody's talking about cot death and we're putting it back on the agenda, he added.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2011