Governor's Budget Excludes Funding for Birth Defects Monitoring

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: March 1, 2007 | Copyright information

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Teresa Edington, Director of Communications, +1-508-329- 2825, or tedington@marchofdimes.com, of The Massachusetts Chapter of the March of Dimes

WESTBORO, Mass., March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts Chapter of the March of Dimes expressed disappointment today that the Governor's budget fails to include the money necessary to continue funding the Massachusetts Department of Health Center of Excellence in Birth Defects Monitoring.

Like other states, Massachusetts mandates the collection of information on infants born with birth defects. For almost ...

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