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Cook County board highlights racial disparities in infant sleep deaths and backs awareness resolution

Cook County Board of Commissioners · November 21, 2024
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Summary

Commissioners heard medical testimony and survivor accounts about sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) disparities in Cook County and moved item 246454 forward to raise awareness and promote safe‑sleep interventions and resource access.

The Cook County Board on Nov. 20 moved to advance a resolution (item 246454) aimed at raising awareness of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) and supporting safe‑sleep education and resources.

Shanice Williams of UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial told the board that Cook County’s sudden unexpected infant death rates are…

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