...as the East Central Health District wrestles with the state's highest infant mortality rate.Spurred by a high premature-birth rate, the Southwest Health District began using a national model called CenteringPregnancy in October 2009. The...

...big difference in a baby's development."Last week, the March of Dimes again gave South Carolina a D for its premature birth rate. The March of Dimes considers births before 37 weeks of pregnancy to be premature. That described more than...

...care.One in eight babies is born prematurely in the United States, according to the March of Dimes. The rate of premature birth has increased by 20 percent since the early 1990s and is the number one cause of death during a baby's first month...

...deadly, and is particularly dangerous for children. Infection can also cause pregnant women to have a miscarriage or premature birth.No measles deaths were reported in the U.S. last year; the last one occurred in 2003. But about a third of...

...organization for many years. When she had a spare moment, which wasn't often, she also knitted head caps for premature births in Anchorage. She became interested in the craft of bobbin lacing, joining the International Old Lacers, Inc...

...Saturday, USC Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; to raise money and awareness of March for Dimes' mission to end premature births; marchforbabies.comstrawberry festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, downtown Aiken between Richland and...

...24, USC Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; to raise money and awareness of March for Dimes' mission to end premature births; marchforbabies.comstrawberry festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 24, downtown Aiken between...

...24, USC Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; to raise money and awareness of March for Dimes' mission to end premature births; marchforbabies.comStrawberry Festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 24, downtown Aiken between...

...Carolina Aiken, 471 University Parkway, AikenWalk to raise money for and awareness of March of Dimes mission to end premature births; www.marchforbabies.comStrawberry Festival 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 24Downtown AikenBenefits Mead Hall...

...Aiken, 471 University Parkway, Aiken; walk for raise money and for awareness of March for Dimes' mission to end premature births; marchforbabies.com sWEET CELEBRATIONS: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, April 24, North Augusta Community Center...