Study Finds Fewer Flint Newborns Died After Rx Kids Started

Study credits Rx Kids with deep reduction in neonatal mortality in Flint

Rx Kids officials say for years, babies born in Flint were more than twice as likely to die during the neonatal period as babies elsewhere in Michigan. In 2025, that disparity was effectively eliminated, meaning that infants born in Flint were just as likely to survive their first month of life as babies born elsewhere in Michigan.A new study finds a unique program has cut neonatal deaths in Flint in half. Rx Kids provides a cash stipend to expe…

Officials tout Kids Rx after early infant deaths drop nearly 50% in Flint

FLINT, MI -- Boosters are crediting Rx Kids, the cash assistance program for new mothers, for its role in reducing neonatal mortality in Flint following its launch in 2024.

Study finds fewer Flint newborns died after Rx Kids started

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