An Affordable and Easy-to-Construct Zebrafish Housing System for Stable Long-Term Laboratory Research.

Zebrafish have become a go-to model organism for studies, in part because of their reputation as being inexpensive to rear and house. Multiple do-it-yourself designs are currently available that provide laboratories with cost-effective housing systems. Unfortunately, these designs suffer from a range of issues ranging from poor water cycling rates and fragile housing tanks to inconsistent water conditions and designs that are prohibitively expensive for smaller laboratories to construct and maintain.

Demographics and trends of cleft lip and palate patients born in Tennessee from 2000 to 2017.

Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of orofacial clefts (OFCs) in Tennessee over the span of 2000-2017, and evaluate the effects of race/ethnicity, sex, maternal/paternal age and socioeconomic status on the prevalence.

Methods: Records of all live births and demographics of newborns in Tennessee from 2000 to 2017 were requested from the Tennessee Department of Health to calculate the prevalence of OFCs. Data from United States Census was also obtained.

Developing Tools to Report Racism in Maternal Health for the CDC Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA): Findings from the MMRIA Racism & Discrimination Working Group.

Purpose: The purpose of this report from the field is to describe the process by which an multidisciplinary workgroup, selected by the CDC Foundation in partnership with maternal health experts, developed a definition of racism that would be specifically appropriate for inclusion on the Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (MMRIA) form.

Description: In the United States Black women are nearly 4 times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death. Recent evidence points to racism as a fundamental cause of this inequity.

Utilization of part C early intervention services for patients with cleft palate.

Objectives: To investigate the utilization of early intervention services under Part C of the 2004 Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act for children with cleft palate and to better understand barriers these patients encounter when receiving services.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on children under the age of 18 who were treated for cleft palate at a single tertiary care center and referred to Tennessee's Early Intervention System (TEIS) between January 2007 and December 2018.

Results: For the 61 patients included, developmental therapy was the most common TEIS referral made (n = 408, 28%), followed by speech therapy (n = 371, 26%).