One of the most successful public health stories in U.S. history — the nation’s newborn screening program — was the subject of a recent reauthorization hearing held by the House Committee on Energy ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — All babies born in Virginia will now be tested for two additional disorders as part of the Newborn Screening Program. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Wednesday that ...

From Judge Thomas L. Ludington's opinion in Laporte v. Gordon, 2020 WL 1429496 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 24): All 50 states have newborn screening programs for at least 29 health conditions. The screening ...

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 ...

Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases and Representative Adam Anderson ushering in a new era of preventative care with support from GeneDx’s comprehensive genomic testing and sequencing ...

Testing for spinal muscular atrophy in an Australian newborn screening program identified patients across socioeconomic and cultural demographics, mitigating inequity and providing patients with ...

Universal newborn screening for CF was implemented in New York State (NYS) in 2002 and is fully implemented in 44 other states. 7 The NYS newborn screening (NBS) program uses an IRT/DNA algorithm, ...

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 ...

Rady Children’s hospital has set its sights on expanding the use of a screening test that it says can detect 411 genetic disorders in newborns. Developing the test has taken the past two years with ...

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that it is providing the newborn screening assay for Parent Project ...

A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn blood-testing program unconstitutional in a challenge by four parents who raised concerns about how leftover samples are used long after screening for ...

Two disorders are being added to Virginia’s newborn screening program. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) will be included on a list of metabolic and genetic ...