The Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled "Prematurity and Infant Mortality:  What Happens When Babies are Born Too Early?" on Wednesday, May 12, 2010.  The hearing examined the causes and consequences of preterm births and infant mortality.

Witnesses

• William Callaghan, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Scientist, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Catherine Spong, M.D., Branch Chief, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
• Alan R. Fleischman, M.D., Senior Vice President and Medical Director, March of Dimes Foundation
• Charles S. Mahan, M.D., FACOG, Dean and Professor Emeritus, USF College of Public Health, Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies
• Nicholas Eberstadt, Ph.D., M.P.A., Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
• Hal Lawrence, M.D., Vice President, Practice Activities, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Documents

• Chairman Pallone's Opening Statement
• Briefing Memo

Testimony

• Testimony of William Callaghan
• Testimony of Catherine Spong
• Testimony of Alan R. Fleischman
• Testimony of Charles S. Mahan
• Testimony of Hal Lawrence

Audio

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