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Weight gain and pregnancy: what's right for you

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Understanding the impact of health disparities on infant mortality

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Taking care of your mental health is just as important as your physical health

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March of Dimes Hails New California Law to Reduce Black Maternal and Infant Death

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Let’s celebrate the nurses in the NICU

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Secondhand smoke and your baby

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What you need to know about booster shots and an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine

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Preterm babies are at a higher risk for RSV

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ROB HUEBEL, JADE ROPER-TOLBERT JOIN MARCH OF DIMES’ CELEBRITY ADVOCATE COUNCIL

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Your heart health and pregnancy

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World Down Syndrome Day 2022

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STATEMENT FROM MARCH OF DIMES DEPUTY MEDICAL OFFICER ON CDC’s URGENT WARNING FOR PREGNANT & LACTATING WOMEN TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE

9/29/2021
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High blood pressure: A risk factor for preeclampsia

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MARCH OF DIMES, BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA FOUNDATION AND THE HUMANA FOUNDATION PARTNER TO IMPROVE MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH IN SHREVEPORT AND NEW ORLEANS

9/28/2021
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The Honest Company partners with March of Dimes to raise awareness among women on how to stay healthy and strong during pregnancy.

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JUDITH ROBB-MCCORD JOINS MARCH OF DIMES AS VICE-PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL IMPACT

9/16/2021
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Pediatric Scientist Development Program

No matter where in their early career path applicants find themselves, scholars must be committed to a career in pediatrics and medical research.

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Reproductive Scientist Development Program

No matter where in their early career path applicants find themselves, scholars must be committed to a career in OB/GYN and medical research, ready to use the RSDP program as a springboard into the type of deeper and more targeted scientific inquiry their careers will ask of them.

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Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize in Developmental Biology

Along with the Agnes Higgins Award, the March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize in Developmental Biology is one of two March of Dimes awards to lifetime scholars in the field of maternal fetal health

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Imperial College London

The March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center (PRC) at Imperial College London, in London, England, was established in 2018, becoming not only the organization’s first international PRC, but a key research powerhouse.

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MARCH OF DIMES STATEMENT ON COVID-19 VACCINATION AND PREGNANT AND LACTATING PEOPLE

1/12/2021
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