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US infant mortality rate declines in 2024
- In 2024, the United States saw its infant mortality rate decline to approximately 5.5 deaths for every 1,000 newborns, with nearly 19,900 infant fatalities reported nationwide.
- The decrease came after an increase in 2022 and 2023, which experts linked to a resurgence of RSV and influenza cases following the easing of pandemic-related safety measures, representing the first notable rise in nearly twenty years.
- In 2023, health officials recommended two preventive measures: an antibody shot for infants and an RSV vaccine for pregnant women between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.
- According to Dr. Amanda Williams, who serves as the temporary chief medical officer at the March of Dimes, this initiative likely contributes to the positive trend, although she stressed that further investigation is necessary to uncover additional contributing factors.
- The improvement suggests progress after a late-pandemic plateau, with much of the decline seen in infants older than one month, while the U.S. rate remains higher than in other high-income countries.
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US infant mortality rate declines in 2024
NEW YORK — The nation’s infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau.
·Madison, United States
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U.S. Infant Mortality Dropped in 2024. Experts Partly Credit RSV Shots.
(MedPage Today) -- The nation's infant mortality rate dropped last year after 2 years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau. Some experts think one reason for the drop could be a vaccination campaign against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
·New York, United States
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