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UPMC discusses NICUs and how sound machines are making a difference for infants in Harrisburg

Michelle Loomis, major gift officer at UPMC Pinnacle, and April Benasich, co-founder and chief scientist for RAPT Ventures Inc. joined us on The Spark Wednesday to discuss NICU environments and how these sleep sound machines are making a difference for UPMC Harrisburg’s youngest patients.

By Aniya Faulcon

What are the barriers that black women face with breastfeeding and how can they overcome them?

In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week , which took place Thursday through today, Charlotte Dorsey, Community Progress Council’s Women, Infants, and Children Education Manager joined us on Wednesday’s Smart Talk to discuss the barriers and benefits of breastfeeding.

By Aniya Faulcon

What’s behind sudden infant deaths and what can be done to keep babies safe?

it is where and how the baby sleeps that causes the death

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York County sees rise in infant deaths

In every case this year, parents were not following guidelines.

By Brett Sholtis

Woman charged in death of infant girl at unlicensed day care

Authorities have charged a Bucks County woman in the death of an infant at unlicensed day care center they say she ran at her home.

By The Associated Press

Suit: Hospital mishandled infection that killed 3 babies

The parents of a newborn who died in a Pennsylvania hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit allege in a lawsuit that hospital officials failed to protect their son from a lethal bacterial infection that had already killed two other premature babies.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press