One of the great successes of public health in the US is the newborn screening program, which tests infants in every state for more than 30 serious but treatable congenital diseases. For the four ...

The birth of a baby is a moment of immense joy, but it also brings with it many health considerations, especially for preterm babies. In the first few days of life, newborn screening plays a critical ...

Plummeting costs of DNA sequencing technologies are injecting urgency into the longstanding debate over whether to dive deeper into the genomes of more infants — even apparently healthy ones. Experts ...

Should all babies have their genomes sequenced at birth? The question has been hotly debated for the past 15 years. Unlocking the genome’s 3.2-billion-letter code promises understanding of both health ...

Before leaving the hospital, most babies in the United States are screened for multiple genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders and conditions. The first part of the screening process consists of ...

Nearly every baby born in the U.S. has blood drawn in the immediate hours after their birth, allowing the baby to be tested for a panel of potentially life-threatening inherited disorders. This is a ...

SAN ANTONIO — Detecting and treating hearing loss in the first few months of life is imperative a child's health. When it comes to premature babies, who can end up in the NICU for a long time, there's ...

When federal lawmakers set out to improve the nation's newborn screening programs in 2007, they succeeded in creating grants and increasing the number of conditions tested throughout the country. Yet ...

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When a baby is born in the United States, a few drops of blood are taken from their heel to test for many conditions that could affect the child’s long-term health or survival. This testing is part of ...

The state House of Representatives Health Committee has approved legislation adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Gaucher ...

Two babies were born with the same rare disease, in the same state, in hospitals only about an hour's drive apart. One was born on a Tuesday and is now a healthy toddler. The other was born on a ...