After more than 10 Hoosier infants died in unsafe sleep environments in recent weeks, the state’s health department is urging parents and caregivers to take extra precautions at bedtime.
The Indiana Department of Health noted the number is higher than the state’s average of about two unsafe-sleep deaths per week.
“I can’t stress enough how important it is to place babies in a safe sleep environment,” State Health Commissioner Dr. Lindsay Weaver said in a Monday news release. “These tragic deaths are preventable and can have a profound impact on communities.”…