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Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 22:52:34 -0500
From: Nancy Eichner <neichner@GWU.EDU>
Subject: Three News Alerts from CHHCS -- January 9, 2006

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The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) News Alerts -- January 9, 2006

Cleft Palate, Down Syndrome Most Frequent Birth Defects:
In a first-ever effort to determine national incidence of 18 specific birth defects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said January 5 that an estimated 6,800 infants, or 3 percent of all babies born in the United States, are affected by a birth defect of some type, with cleft lip and cleft palate the most common conditions, followed by Down syndrome, which affects about 5,500 babies a year.
http://www.healthinschools.org

Health Care Spending Reaches New High:
National health care spending grew 7.9 percent in 2004, compared to 8.2 percent in 2003, with a slight easing of recent growth in spending for prescription drugs, the federal government reported today.
http://www.healthinschools.org

CDC Cites Changes in Recommended Immunizations:
The director of the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today pointed to the changes in this year's Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, which was released last week.
http://www.healthinschools.org


Nancy Eichner
Senior Program Manager
202-466-3396 fax: 202-466-3467

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