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German Measles
March of Dimes Honors 100th Anniversary of Virginia Apgar
June 24th, 2009
For nearly 60 years, every baby born in the United States and worldwide has been seen through the eyes of Virginia Apgar, MD, who developed the five-point APGAR score to evaluate an infant's health at birth. Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of Dr. Apgar's own birth, and the March of Dimes, the organization she worked for from 1959 until her death in 1974, is calling attention to her enduring legacy in infant health. Most famous is the APGAR score, which she created in 1952 as a new way to determine if a baby needed specialized care. It measures an infant's pulse, skin color, reflex, muscle tone, and respiration and still today is given at one and five minutes...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-06-24)
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