Health Groups Seek To Curb Number of Preterm Births

The California Department of Public Health, the March of Dimes and physician groups have begun a statewide education initiative to decrease the number of elective preterm births. Researchers say that as many as one in five infants is born through early elective delivery in California.

• "Health Officials Urge Women Not To Deliver Babies Early for Convenience" (Calvan, Sacramento Bee, 10/17).