Study Finds Sudden Infant Deaths Have Increased
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) last month has found that rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) increased 12 percent during 2020-2022, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. SIDS is the unexplained death of an otherwise healthy infant, typically occurring in babies under one year old. […]
Iowa Bill Requires Infant Death Certificates to Include Vaccine Information
A bill is working its way through the Iowa legislature that would require medical examiners to include information on the medical examiners form used to fill out the death certificate about recent vaccinations given to any child under age three who dies of any cause. The bill, SF 2302, passed the Iowa Senate’s Human Resources […]