Nov 14, 2016 | Community Engagement Core, News on Environmental Health, News on Premature Birth, PROTECT Team
On November 1st, the March of Dimes kicked off Prematurity Awareness Month by releasing their eighth annual Premature Birth Report Card for the US and Puerto Rico. The report brought promising news for Puerto Rico, awarding the region a grade improvement for the...
Nov 17, 2014 | News on Premature Birth
A new study the in The Lancet reports that preterm birth has surpassed infection as the #1 cause of death for children under the age of five. The study, which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, found that complications due to preterm birth result in...
Dec 11, 2013 | Human Subjects & Sampling Core, News on Premature Birth
PROTECT Co-Director and Core C Leader, José F. Cordero, MD, MPH, and PROTECT Core C Study Director, Liza Anzalota, MD, MPH, have received a grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health to promote...
Nov 21, 2013 | Media Coverage of PROTECT, News on Premature Birth, Project 1 (Targeted Epidemiology)
This week PROTECT Project 1 leader, John D. Meeker, ScD, and trainee Kelly Ferguson, MPH, published an article in JAMA Pediatrics on the relationship between preterm birth and chemical phthalate exposure during pregnancy. The JAMA article highlights the prevalence of...
Nov 18, 2013 | News on Premature Birth
On November 14th, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the PREEMIE reauthorization act, which “reauthorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) research and programs on preterm birth, including improving national data tracking on preterm birth,...
Nov 1, 2013 | News on Premature Birth
Today the March of Dimes released it’s 2013 Premature Birth Score Card. Puerto Rico again received an F, just one of 4 Fs in the entire U.S. Overall the U.S. received a C. See the entire score card...