Fewer Black babies live to see their first birthdays in Ohio when compared to white babies, the Ohio Department of Health’s most recent report shows. Ohio’s overall infant mortality rate was 7.0 in 2021, according to the report. Breaking it down by race, the infant mortality rate was 14.2 for Black babies and 5.4 for white […]
Author Archives: Megan Henry
Megan Henry is a reporter with the Ohio Capital Journal and has spent the last five years reporting on various topics including education, health care, business and crime at The Columbus Dispatch, part of the USA Today Network. She is a graduate of Ohio University and grew up near Toledo, Ohio.
