Bangladeshi Children Who Lose Mothers More Likely To Die, Lancet Study Finds

Children in Bangladesh whose mothers died “had about a 24 percent chance of making it to age 10,” while children with mothers had an 89 percent chance of surviving, according to a Lancet study published on Friday, the Associated Press reports. “Researchers in Bangladesh, Britain and the U.S…

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