Campaign aims at preventing jaundice-caused brain damage
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Susan Sheridan recalls frantically racing her days-old son to doctor after doctor because his skin was so yellow -- only to be assured that jaundice is a rite of infancy. But as pediatricians looked on, the baby's neck suddenly arched backward and he began a strangely high-pitched, catlike howl.
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