Detroit Infants

• A report released Monday by the Michigan League For Human Services has some good news for Detroits expectant parents and new babies, but finds theres still a long way to go to ensure great health for all Michigan families.
(Huffington Post)
• A report on Michigan maternal and infant health says the number of low-birth-weight babies and babies born to unmarried women statewide is increasing.
(ClickOnDetroit.com)
• "It may not be the cause, but low-birthweight babies are at high risk of infant mortality," said Jane Zehnder-Merrell, projects director of KidsCount in Michigan. Previous research suggests that infants weighing less than 5.
(Detroit Free Press)
• Although it is still higher than the national infant mortality rate of 6.1, it is lower than rates in Baltimore (11), Richmond (13.5) and Detroit (12.8), D.C. officials said.
(Washington City Paper)
• Although it is still higher than the national infant mortality rate of 6.1, it is lower than rates in Baltimore (11), Richmond (13.5) and Detroit (12.8), D.C. officials said.
(DCist.com)
• Since they hit the market in early 2009, Nap Nanny and its current derivation, Nap Nanny Chill, have delivered countless parents from the spirit-crushing torture of life with an infant who would U.S.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• Last year, March for Babies in metropolitan Detroit raised more than $1.4 million. March for Babies began across the nation in 1970 and has raised an incredible $2 billion to benefit moms and babies.
(Yahoo Finance)
• and a uniformed trooper on July 13 stopped at the homes of two Detroit-area couples with profiles posted on a site of potential adopters called ParentProfiles.com. An inspection of Phillips' computer had found checks of both couples' profiles.
(MLive.com)
• I recently heard on the radio that two babies died in Detroit over the same weekend due to crib suffocation They show an alarming 40 percent increase in infant sleep-related deaths from 2009-2010.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)