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• Facts about Congenital Heart Defects
  The causes of most cases are unknown but some are caused by genetic diseases and gene-environment interactions
• Key Findings: Study Finds Infant Cardiac Deaths Have Declined in States that Mandate Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease 
• CDC Grand Rounds: Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss and Critical Congenital Heart Disease 
  MMWR Weekly / August 25, 2017 / 66(33);888?890
• Beyond the Blood Spot: Newborn Screening for Hearing Loss and Critical Congenital Heart Disease
  CDC Public Health Grand Rounds, Septemeber 20, 2016
• People with congenital heart defects (CHD) are now living longer, healthier lives. 

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