NIH Drops $37M on Stillbirth Avengers: Predict, Prevent & Cry
The NIH just pledged a cool $37 million over five years to form a stillbirth super-squad spanning California, Oregon, Utah, New York, and North Carolina ā basically the Avengers of fetal health, minus the spandex. Led by luminaries like Dr. Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman and Dr. Bob Silver (who definitely has a silver lining on this), they want to decode why placentas ghost fetuses and use AI, ultrasounds, and blood tests to save babies from becoming statistics. Despite Congressional dramaāDemocrats and Republicans suddenly BFF-ing over the SHINE for Autumn Actāand attempts to fix outdated, spotty stillbirth data, this effort tries to stop the 1 in 160 tragic losses with $7.3 million funding already on the table. Meanwhile, families affected are finally invited to crash this research party after decades of being ignored, proving even government research can learn from pushy reality TV stars.
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Source: Propublica | Published: 9/25/2025 | Author: by Duaa Eldeib