When 35 states reported infant mortality rates in 2004, Wisconsin ranked last. Its rate of African American infant deaths was the worst.This longstanding, troubling trend has been difficult to turn around. But one community has. Shamane Mills has the first of 3 reports about infant mortality…an issue that officials say is an indication of larger problems, and costly for society to bear…
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