
SUID was the largest single contributor to the Black-White infant mortality gap in 2024 and drove the biggest share of its rise since 2020.
Many obstetric malpractice cases focus on fixing the blame for disturbed neurological function in the first days of an infant's life. Results of recent case-control studies, described here by the authors, question the traditional thinking that most of the risk factors are in the intrapartum period.






