In his masterful book Better, surgeon Atul Gawande writes that in the 1950s, newborn babies in the United States faced great danger: "One in thirty still died at birth—odds that were scarcely better ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The woman who came up with a scale to rate the health of newborn babies, Dr. Virginia Apgar, would have celebrated her ...