A federal appeals court has reversed a 2022 ruling that found parts of Michigan's newborn blood screening program unconstitutional. The program collects blood samples from newborn babies and ...

Much progress has been made, but the infrastructure needed for comprehensive newborn screening is not yet available.

This newborn screening process allows families to identity and treat a disease before the condition fully manifests itself thereby potentially preventing disability or even death.

Director Ryan Coogler and other cast and crew members of the hit film “Sinners” visited Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is set, for a special screening.

MDH adds newborn screening after encouragement from mother who lost daughter to rare disease The first 48 hours of a baby’s life can be critical for identifying potential health problems, which ...

Improving newborn genetic screening Date: May 9, 2025 Source: Mass General Brigham Summary: More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn ...

A committee of experts will conduct a study examining the current landscape of newborn screening (NBS) systems, processes, and research in the United States and consider sustainable adoption of ...

Senate Bill 348 would increase fee hospitals pay the Nevada State Public Health Lab for a newborn screening panel to $150. The current fee is $81.

Without newborn screening, most families don’t get a diagnosis until age 5, years too late for treatments to be most effective. An FDA-authorized screening test has existed since 2019.

In April, the Deparment of Health and Human Services shuttered the committe that oversaw newborn screenings. Advocates hope it can be reinstated.

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The Fallout Of Disbanding The Committee Each year, newborn screening identifies about 14,000 infants with serious conditions that benefit from early intervention.