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Health Related Forums => Health News and Events => Topic started by: Admin on January 18, 2011, 08:33:49 PM

Title: CDC & NIH investigate prevalence of autism in the Minneapolis Somali population
Post by: Admin on January 18, 2011, 08:33:49 PM

New York, N.Y. (January 18, 2011) – Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, today announced a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the Somali population located in Minneapolis, Minn. Autism Speaks is contributing funding to this project to be initiated in early 2011. The Autism Speaks funding will allow rapid deployment of the project.

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Read the announcement:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/as-asc011611.php (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/as-asc011611.php)

Title: Re: CDC & NIH investigate prevalence of autism in the Minneapolis Somali population
Post by: Dr.Adnan on January 18, 2011, 09:18:02 PM

Very strange phenomenon, I should keep an eye on it....Thanks dr.mahdi for posting... 8)