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Winston-Salem/North Carolina – Most premature babies now survive into adulthood, but the risk of death remains elevated compared to children born at term well beyond the first year of life, according to a study from Canada in JAMA Network Open (2024; DOI: 10.1001 /jamanetworkopen.2024.45871) shows. Almost 5 million children were born in Canada between 1983 and 1996. A total of 342,580 (6.9%) arrived before week 37…