Neglect, abuse seen in 90,000 infants
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080404/ap_on_he_me/infant_neglect"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080324/i/r838810237.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=bYvC3eovWyos44VkXC_azA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A nurse takes care of new-born infants at a hospital in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, March 3, 2008. REUTERS/Patty Chen" border="0" /></a>AP - About 1 in 50 infants in the U.S. have been neglected or abused, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group. Nearly a third of the victims were one week old or younger when the maltreatment was reported, government researchers said Thursday. The study focused on children younger than 1.</p><br clear="all"/>

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