Hyde-Smith Introduces National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Resolution - Picayune Item

Hyde-Smith Introduces National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Resolution - Picayune Item

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week introduced a Senate resolution designating September as “National Infant Mortality Awareness Month” to raise greater public awareness of the problem and support for efforts to reduce such tragedies. The resolution, among other things, highlights several programs like the Newborn Supply Kit that are being deployed to reduce the rates of infant mortality, which is defined as the death of an infant …