Paris Vs. Ny/Kid's Health Medicine has made tremendous strides in the past century in treating disease. But in fact, the reason people are healthier today than they were a hundred years ago has less to do with medical advances than it does with better nutrition, safer housing, cleaner water, and immunizations... all improvements in what's called public health. And nowhere is the impact of public health clearer than among children. America suffers one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the developed world. While in France, public investment in the health of children has resulted in some of the world's healthiest kids. Frank Browning has this report.

Paris Vs. Ny/Kid's Health

Paris Vs. Ny/Kid's Health

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Medicine has made tremendous strides in the past century in treating disease. But in fact, the reason people are healthier today than they were a hundred years ago has less to do with medical advances than it does with better nutrition, safer housing, cleaner water, and immunizations... all improvements in what's called public health. And nowhere is the impact of public health clearer than among children. America suffers one of the highest rates of infant mortality in the developed world. While in France, public investment in the health of children has resulted in some of the world's healthiest kids. Frank Browning has this report.