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CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
By Josh Marshall
February 22, 2025 4:18 p.m.
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection system, run out of CDC, “designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants,” in the words of the program’s website. It has run continuously since 1988 and covers everything from the particulars of newborn health and morbidity to issues like post-partum depression in mothers. I can report that the Trump CDC has shuttered the program as part of its general clampdown on medical research and public health information.
A couple researchers have posted on social media about what I’m now reporting. But to the best of my knowledge we’re the first news organization to confirm the news independently. I was able to confirm what CDC personnel who work on the PRAMS program told two separate sources outside the government, the first at a state level public health and data collection program and a second at an academic research institution which makes extensive use of PRAMS data.
According to these sources, the entire program has been shuttered. This apparently happened soon after President Trump’s inauguration, with no additional data being accepted after January 31st. But there was no official announcement, even to other research institutions who collaborate on the project. So word only seeped out slowly after people realized that what seemed like it might be a temporary stoppage in the data wasn’t simply a technical problem.
As it has been conveyed to these sources, all data collection for 2024 is over and no data received after January 31st, 2025 is being accepted. The entire 2025 PRAMS program is on indefinite hold. The most curious and ominous part of what CDC personnel are informally telling partner researchers and institutions is that the entire program is now under a new IRB review.
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health
By Josh Marshall
February 22, 2025 4:18 p.m.
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection system, run out of CDC, “designed to identify groups of women and infants at high risk for health problems, to monitor changes in health status, and to measure progress towards goals in improving the health of mothers and infants,” in the words of the program’s website. It has run continuously since 1988 and covers everything from the particulars of newborn health and morbidity to issues like post-partum depression in mothers. I can report that the Trump CDC has shuttered the program as part of its general clampdown on medical research and public health information.
A couple researchers have posted on social media about what I’m now reporting. But to the best of my knowledge we’re the first news organization to confirm the news independently. I was able to confirm what CDC personnel who work on the PRAMS program told two separate sources outside the government, the first at a state level public health and data collection program and a second at an academic research institution which makes extensive use of PRAMS data.
According to these sources, the entire program has been shuttered. This apparently happened soon after President Trump’s inauguration, with no additional data being accepted after January 31st. But there was no official announcement, even to other research institutions who collaborate on the project. So word only seeped out slowly after people realized that what seemed like it might be a temporary stoppage in the data wasn’t simply a technical problem.
As it has been conveyed to these sources, all data collection for 2024 is over and no data received after January 31st, 2025 is being accepted. The entire 2025 PRAMS program is on indefinite hold. The most curious and ominous part of what CDC personnel are informally telling partner researchers and institutions is that the entire program is now under a new IRB review.
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health
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