February 2017

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CMV Vaccine Workshop Overview

Author: Hannah Hopkins Goldberg
Posted: 10/1/2023
Category: research, vaccines
National CMV Foundation was proud to be a co-organizer of the recent CMV Vaccine Development Workshop, which took place last month. Learn more about this amazing meeting from National CMV Foundation intern Hannah Hopkins Goldberg. 

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2017 CMV Legislation Proposed in Four States

Posted: 2/28/2017
Category: Advocacy, Awareness

What do Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, and Maine have in common? These states have proposed state CMV legislation for 2017! Thanks to the hard work of sponsors, parents, physicians, and other advocates within these states, CMV legislation with proposed education and/or screening programs will be evaluated during this legislative session in each individual state. So what's in all of these bills? Check out our blog for summaries and links to bill text and updates. 


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​Microcephaly 101

Posted: 2/15/2017
Category: Clinical
Microcephaly has been making headlines over the last year as potential brain malformation connected to women diagnosed with Zika during pregnancy. However, kids are at risk of being born with microcephaly even in areas of the world not hit by the Zika virus. Many of these cases are caused by cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Unlike Zika, which is only being actively transmitted in a small area of the world, CMV exists virtually everywhere. To reduce these cases, we need to increase awareness of CMV: causes, detection, treatments, etc. 

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