Today, one in ten babies are born prematurely which puts them and their mothers at an increased risk of complicated health problems.
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November is Prematurity Awareness Month, a national initiative to raise awareness about the crisis of preterm births in our country. For the first time in almost a decade, the rate of preterm births began rising in the United States in 2015.
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The PREEMIE Act, my legislation that became law in 2006, expanded research, education and intervention efforts to reduce preterm births and improve treatment for premature infants and their mothers. This important law was allowed to expire last September.
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I’ve introduced a new bill to reauthorize the PREEMIE Act because every child deserves a healthy start to life.
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