Health of Mothers and Children at Risk from Loss of CDC Data* 

In April 2025, the entire CDC team managing PRAMS was placed on administrative leave before it could release 2023 data. Requests for this critical data have not been completed since April 2025.

Why does this matter to you?

Since 1987, the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Management System, PRAMS, has:

• collected information from 46 state health departments from women soon after they give birth

• this data has informed policy and practices across the country including here in Maine:

  • safe sleeping practices to prevent SIDS

  • education and intervention re: alcohol and tobacco use, prenatal care, post-partum depression, domestic violence (IPV), nutrition, breast-feeding

• Watch this short video to learn more

• Go here January 13, 2026 to learn how to make your voice heard

• Go here by January 20, 2026 to submit your written concerns and prevent the complete shuttering of PRAMS March 31, 2026​​

*Rita Hamad Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health April 2025