What New CDC Data Reveal About Sudden Infant Deaths and the Limits of What We Know

For more than three decades, American parents have been told how to make infant sleep safer. Yet sudden unexpected infant death remains a persistent public health problem, and new CDC data show why ...

Safer sleep practices for babies can be a matter of life or death, CDC data shows

Sudden unexpected infant death claimed the lives of about 3,400 babies in the United States in 2024. Despite decades of ...

Baby death FAI told doctor did not know of inherited condition

Two-month-old Michael Wilson's brother had an inherited heart condition and died after surgery.

Baby death inquiry told boy's brother died after cardiac surgery

A doctor has told a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) a two-month-old baby would have been transferred from Aberdeen to Glasgow ...
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Mom Claimed Co-Sleeping Led to Baby's Death Despite Link to Head Injury

A Florida woman charged in the death of her 3-month-old infant blamed co-sleeping for her son's death despite evidence showing she allegedly contributed to his fatal injury. A ring Jessica Vlasac, 42, ...
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Doctor forgets to drop grandchild off at daycare on her way to work, leading to baby’s death in hot car, police say

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WFIE/Gray News) — A Kentucky doctor accidentally left her grandchild unattended in a hot car for about eight hours, leading to the baby’s death, police said. Madisonville police ...
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Mom arrested in baby’s death that was linked to co-sleeping, NC police say

Police arrested and charged a 27-year-old Monroe woman in her baby’s death after determining the infant died due to co-sleeping. Natricia Ann Wright was jailed Thursday on charges of involuntary ...
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Hospital baby death inquiry to be held later this year

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of a two-month-old baby in Aberdeen will take place later this year. Michael Wilson was born on 11 August 2021 at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital and died at ...