How one US city cut its infant mortality rate by half

A decade ago, a water lead crisis launched Flint, Michigan, into national headlines. But for years, the city of roughly 80,000 has also quietly carried the weight of a tragically high newborn mortality rate. In 2024, there were 9.4 infant deaths for every 1,000 births in Flint — nearly twice the mortality rate of 5.54 […]

弗林特市推行的無條件現金轉移項目Rx Kids使當地新生兒死亡率從每千名活產9.4例降至5.1例，降幅近半。研究者認為，孕期獲得現金補助可能通過改善產前護理和高危行為減少了不良出生結局，但該研究缺乏隨機對照組，效果能否推廣仍待驗證。