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Mothers & Sids

Federal researchers are reporting that the rate of sudden infant death syndrome has fallen by one-third over the past two years. They're giving credit to a national public awareness campaign that is teaching mothers to position infants on their backs when they sleep. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.

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