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Interim Surgeon General Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos Speaks at Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Workshop in Washington D.C.

On April 21, 2026, the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law (CSTL) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC titled “Achieving a Just Response to Sudden Unexpected Infant Deaths.” Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) denotes the death of an apparently healthy child under the age of one from undetermined causes. It is an umbrella term applied to the sudden death of an infant at the outset of an investigation, prior to the final certification of causes that include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), death from unknown or unexplained causes, and death from accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (ASSB). […]

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Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos Issue Advisory on Screen Use Among Children

Interim Surgeon General, Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos, and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., jointly, released an advisory concerning screen usage for children. Regarding the scientific data accumulated for this Advisory, Interim Surgeon General Haridopolos said, “History will judge us, not only by the steps we take today, by the inaction we allow.” […]