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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

World’s most premature baby celebrates first birthday

A mother carries her smiling baby while the father smiles
In this photo provided by the University of Iowa Health Care, Nash Keen laughs as he is photographed with his parents, Mollie and Randall Keen, on 4 June. Photograph: Liz Martin/AP

An Iowa toddler who was born when his mother was less than five months pregnant isn’t only the most premature baby recognized by Guinness World Records after recently turning one.

As his mother, Mollie Keen, put it, Nash Keen is also “very determined, curious … and he’s just all smiles all the time” after surviving against what Guinness described as “phenomenal odds”.

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