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2020

02/27 –  Twenty-Two States Proclaim March 2020 SUDC Awareness Month for Unexplained Childhood Deaths
02/12 – Groundbreaking New Book Fills Dire Needs in Unexplained Pediatric Deaths

2019

04/26 – New Research Sheds Light on Potential Role of Febrile Seizures and Other Risk Factors in Sudden Deaths in Children
04/12 – SUDC Foundation Applauds Reintroduction of Federal Bill to Address Unexpected Child, Infant Deaths
03/01 – Twenty States Proclaim March SUDC Awareness Month for Unexplained Childhood Deaths

2018

10/01 – SUDC Foundation Applauds Introduction of Federal Bill to Address Unexpected Child, Infant Deaths
03/02 – SUDC Foundation Celebrates Launch of UK Affiliate, SUDC UK
02/16 – Ten States Proclaim March 2018 Awareness Month for Unexplained Childhood Deaths to Kick Off Month-Long Campaign

2017

09/18 – New Short Film Sheds Light on Struggles of Families Facing Unexplained Death of a Child
04/07 – Thirty-Seven U.S. State Proclamations Raise Awareness of Mysterious Childhood Deaths
02/28 – SUDC Foundation Awards Grant to AAP and NAME to Establish National Guidelines for the Investigation of Sudden Deaths of Children

2016

07/20 – SUDC Supports Neuropathology Research Fellowship
02/23 – Laura Gould Crandall, Executive Director of SUDC Foundation Named 2016 Honoree of the NYU Langone Medical Center’s FACES Gala
03/02 – State of Louisiana proclaims March as Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) Awareness Month

2014

12/18 – Bereaved families receive special Holiday gift as President Obama enacts legislation to combat sudden death in children
12/03 – Families Overjoyed as the U.S. House of Representatives passes the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act (S.2746/H.R.669)
11/21 – The SUDC Foundation commends the Senate’s passage of the Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act
11/20 – Senate HELP Committee approves Sudden Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act (S.2746/H.R.669)

National News

03/19/19 –  ‘He was cold as ice’: Hundreds of children die each year with no explanation. Their parents are pushing for answers.
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