var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 10:  Premature baby Matthew Hirsh, born at 28 weeks, lies in the neonatal intensive care unit during a media tour for the March of Dimes\' Prematurity Awareness Month at New York University Medical Center November 10, 2004 in New York City. The photograph behind him is of his premature twin brother Jack who has already been released from the hospital. For the first time in nearly 50 years the U.S. infant mortality rate is on the rise due in large part to prematurity, the leading cause of newborn death. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photos/070208/070208_premie_hmed4p.jpg','6:18 p.m. ET, 2/8/07','Mario Tama / Getty Images file','Getty Images file',17053646));