NBC10 @Issue: Preterm Birth Report Card: A Step Backwards for the U.S.

For the first time in 8 years, the number of pre-term babies in the United States has gone up. Prenatal care is key, but as NBC10’s Tracy Davidson discovered, there are underlying causes that doctors still don’t understand. Recently, Tracy sat down with the director from the Maternal Health Research Program at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Michal Elovitz, to discuss.