Mother Jones
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Health
67% Informative
The National Institutes of Health has terminated its participation in the Safe to Sleep program.
The program has been credited with a 50 percent reduction in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome deaths since its inception in 1994 .
In 2022 , the last year for which there was data, about 3,700 babies died suddenly and unexpectedly.
The federal government has not offered any explanation as to why the program was canceled.
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