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Cities look to cardboard boxes to save babies

By Robert King
Published December 12, 2016 5:01am ET
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Cities look to cardboard boxes to save babies
Several U.S. cities, including major metropolitan centers like Philadelphia and Detroit, are following Finland's lead and pursuing baby box programs in an effort to reduce baby deaths.

Several cities are trying to battle high infant mortality rates with cardboard boxes.

More specifically, the cardboard boxes can act as makeshift cribs for babies.

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