{
  "id": 9564558,
  "title": "Sudden infant deaths rise among babies born to Black mothers, widening mortality gap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/sudden-infant-deaths-rise-among-babies-born-to-black-mothers-widening",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-24T14:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-sudden-infant-deaths-babies-born.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After years of declines in sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID), rates have been ticking up again, particularly among babies born to Black mothers, new research shows. The findings, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, help explain a puzzling widening of the disparity in infant mortality rates between white and Black populations since 2020.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}