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MOD celebrates 100th anniversary of Virginia Apgar
01-Jun-09
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.


Today, June 1, 2009, marks 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 ..... Click here to Read More!