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Posted on 08/26/2025 12:06:24 AM PDT by Morgana
Mississippi has declared a public health emergency after infant deaths in the state surged to their highest level in 15 years.
Latest data showed 323 babies died in the state before their first birthday in 2024, or a death rate of 9.7 fatalities per 1,000 births.
That is up from 8.9 per 1,000 the prior year, and the highest rate since 2009 when the rate was 10.1 per 1,000.
Mississippi has had the worst infant mortality rate in the nation for seven years, and was well above the national average of 5.6 deaths per 1,000 in 2023, the latest national data available.
Health officials are not sure what is driving the uptick but blame a combination of problems transferring expectant mothers between hospitals, limited access to doctors and rural travel times to care.
Most of the state's infant deaths are linked to preterm births, birth defects, low birthweight, birth defects and sudden infant death syndrome, the unexplained sudden death of a baby before their first birthday.
State Health Officer Dr Dan Edney said: 'Too many Mississippi families are losing their babies before their first birthday.
'Every single infant loss represents a family devastated, a community impacted, and a future cut short. We cannot and will not accept these numbers as our reality.
'Declaring this a public health emergency is more than a policy decision; it is an urgent commitment to save lives.'
The emergency declaration allows the Mississippi State Department of Health to access and quickly allocate funds to agencies to tackle the crisis.
It also allows the department to set standards for maternal and infant care statewide and protocols for transferring patients between hospitals, helping to slash fatalities.
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Suspicious.
My thoughts exactly.
Remember Thalidomide
It took ten years for a full ban.
But killing babies one minute from birth is a “choice “
‘The emergency declaration allows the Mississippi State Department of Health to access and quickly allocate funds to agencies to tackle the crisis.’
right. that’s ok public health. keep far away from my children.
Thalidomide was never approved in the U.S., only in other countries. There were 17 cases of birth defects in the United States in test cases.Ine woman, Frances Kelsey was responsible for it not being approved here. Today they strongly discourage what she did.
How many of the moms took clot shots?
There were no such shots in 2009 when the death rate was higher.
There’s bad mojo in that mud. /s
correlate to poverty, drug use and race/national origin. My guess is that being poor and black or hispanic is near the root cause. The fate of poor babies born to drug abusers is just tragic.
Highest rate was 10.9 in 2009
10.1 in 2009
Don’t have to look much further than that.
This.
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