US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 09:15
in Health & Medicine
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., NOV. 17, 2009 -- For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the healthy start they deserved.