A major landmark study led by the World Health Organization (WHO), published by The Lancet in 2024, reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast majority of lives saved – 101 million – were those of infants.
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Lancet study reveals that vaccines have saved 154 million lives over the past 50 years, mostly infants, or 6 lives per minute. This would make the advent of vaccines the single greatest contribution to keeping babies alive. The measles vaccine has been the most significant, accounting for 60% of the lives saved due to immunization.
All that will likely change, thanks to Trump and RFK Jr. Not only are fewer people being vaccinated because of irrational and unfounded fear of vaccines, promoted by hucksters like RFK. The Trump administration's slashing of USAID and other international aid will also reduce vaccination rates among the poorest and most vulnerable children in the world.
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#CarlSagan made this point about our moral failings in the 1980s, when the US ranked 19th for preventing #InfantMortality. We are now in 45th place, and 55th if self-governing territories are counted. American policy maximizes profit for #oligarchs and fucks over the rest of us.
HIV could infect another 1,400 infants every day as a result of foreign aid cuts
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/18/1113288/hiv-could-infect-1400-infants-every-day-due-to-disruptions-in-aid-from-the-us/
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The concentration of airborne lead is associated with infant mortality through the first year of life. Potentially associated effects include low birth weight, SIDS, and respiratory and nervous system deficits.
Original paper: https://www.nber.org/papers/w33447
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"Findings from [two] studies indicate that U.S. states with abortion bans experienced higher-than-expected fertility and infant mortality rates, particularly affecting Black infants, younger individuals, those with lower education levels, and Medicaid recipients."
Summary: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-abortion-linked-births-infant-mortality.html
Original papers: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2830297
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2830298
Gemmill A, et al. US Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.28517
Analysis of US vital statistics data 2012–23 found higher infant mortality in states after adoption of abortion bans (observed vs expected, 6.26 vs 5.93 per 1000 live births; relative increase, 5.60%). Estimated increases larger among infants who were Black, had congenital anomalies, or were born in southern states. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2830298 #healthequity #infantmortality #publichealth
The steps an Ohio county took to reduce infant mortality rates. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-steps-an-ohio-county-took-to-reduce-infant-mortality-rates It started out by listening to mothers and families. #publichealth #infantmortality
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-24/infant-mortality-increases-abortions-stay-the-same/104506248 #abortion #roevwade #infantmortality
Very unforeseen and sad consequence of the supreme court ruling.
I presume #AntiAbortion advocates will have some thoughts and prayers about this spike in #InfantMortality.
Abortion bans kill babies and pregnant people. 210 babies per month.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/22/baby-deaths-roe-wade-abortion-bans
The latest Covid19 update from Prof Christina Pagel.
"The pandemic is as bad as it ever was for babies - in the year to August 2023, 6,300 babies under 1 were admitted to hospital wholly or partly because of Covid.
They are the only age group where admissions have not gone down over time"
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For babies, the Covid pandemic is as bad as it ever was
https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/for-babies-the-covid-pandemic-is?publication_id=1988137&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=96cfk&utm_medium=email
The astonishing link between #bats and the deaths of human #babies
A frightening wildlife #disease is killing millions of bats in the US. Humans are collateral damage. By compiling and analyzing a huge amount of government data, environmental economist Eyal Frank, discovered that in regions with outbreaks of #whitenosesyndrome, a wildlife disease that kills bats, the rate of #infantmortality increased by nearly 8% relative to areas without the disease. https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/370002/bats-link-babies-death-study-white-nose-syndrome
If you care about #babies, you must care about #bats
https://christaavampato.com/2024/09/17/if-you-care-about-babies-you-must-care-about-bats/
The journal #Science published a shocking paper this month linking a rise in #human #infantmortality to a declining #bat #population.
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Read full story: https://nivadaily.com/attapadi-infant-death-sparks-protests-over-healthcare-facilities/
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“Frank found that in U.S. counties where bat populations have been decimated by white-nose syndrome, human infant mortality rates rose by about 8 percent. That equates to 1,334 infant deaths between 2006 and 2017 that Frank says are attributable to a loss of #bats. #InfantMortality https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/113093239863017654
“farmers dramatically increased pesticide use after the bat die-offs, which was in turn linked to an average infant mortality increase of nearly 8%. Unusually, the research suggests a causative link between human and bat wellbeing….
The crisis for bat colonies began in 2006, when a fungus called Pseudogymnoascus destructans hitchhiked from Europe to the US. P destructans grows on hibernating bats in winter, sprouting as white fuzz on their noses. It can extinguish a bat colony in as little as five years….
Bats eat 40% or more of their bodyweight in insects every night, including many crop pests. What would their disappearance mean?
In infected areas, he found, farmers compensated for the loss of bats by significantly increasing their use of insecticides – by 31.1% on average.”
5-Sep-2024
The collapse of bat populations led to more than a thousand infant deaths
A new Science study shows that when communities experienced the near death of entire insect-eating bat populations, farmers increased their use of #pesticides. This in turn increased the #InfantMortality rate
wild idea: we could just put a cap on pesticide use and enforce it?
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1056333 #science #pollution #PublicHealth #bats #insects
Republicans slay! Literally.
Texas abortion ban linked to sharp rise in infant and newborn deaths
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-abortion-ban-linked-rise-infant-newborn-deaths-rcna158375
#GOPWeirdos #TrumpMustLose2024 #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #KevinRoberts #HeritageFoundation #FuckFascists #VoteBlue #USPol #InfantMortality #Texas #TexasGOP
