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Members of the media only also may log on to the webcast of the briefing at https://webmeeting.nih.gov/ncs011309/. On the first screen, sign on as "guest" at the prompt. Type your name and organization in the box and then click "enter room."

ATTN: TV Producers: A "bites and b-roll" package on the study launch will be available for download at 10:15 a.m. January 13, 2009 at ftp://aed-design.org/. At the prompt, type:

Username: u37879245-nichd08

Password: nichd2009

This briefing is sponsored by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health, one of the federal agencies conducting the National Children's Study.

The NICHD sponsors research on development, before and after birth; maternal, child, and family health; reproductive biology and population issues; and medical rehabilitation. For more information, visit the Institute's Web site at http://www.nichd.nih.gov/.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical, and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.