Safe sleep practices include keeping infants cool with their faces and head uncovered and offering a pacifier for sleep times. (iStock.com)
The leading cause of unnatural death among infants in Clark County is accidental suffocation.
Clark County Public Health warned new parents, professionals and community members in a recent child safety alert about the threat and how to prevent it.
The accidental-suffocation rate in infants increased from 2018 to 2022 in the county.
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