Infant Mortality

A surge in the number of babies born with syphilis in Texas reflects newly released national numbers from the Centers for Disease Control. Meanwhile, the…

Two zip codes on San Antonio's East side have higher rates of death for babies before the age of one, according to the University of Texas System. Using…

Bexar county has some of the worst infant mortality rates in the state. The state is only slightly better than the U.S. average, but we are worse than…

From Texas Standard: Every two weeks in Bexar County, a baby dies. That number is the highest in the state. The majority of deaths are attributed to uns...

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is just one of the reasons why Texas has an infant mortality rate that’s among the worst for industrialized nations. Other…