September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of early detection and intervention for newborns. Here, Dr. Joshua Baker, attending physician in genetics, genomics and ...

Massachusetts to pilot GUARDIAN: genomic screening for 450+ newborn conditions. Voluntary, free to participants, and subject ...

In many countries, newborn screening programmes test babies for certain inherited conditions shortly after birth.

If you have ever welcomed a new baby into the world, you know the mix of hope and uncertainty that comes with those first days. For decades, newborn screening has been a quiet triumph of public health ...

During the Boston Globe’s Rare Disease Summit, Dr. Wendy Chung, a physician-scientist and geneticist who leads the Department ...

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 newborn screening program in Utah is now screening for a 45th condition, one expected to affect one infant every one or ...

Before your baby says their first word, their ability to hear it matters. This National Newborn Screening Awareness Month, WTOP explores why early hearing tests are essential for newborns — and what ...

Beginning on Tuesday, the Utah Newborn Screening Program started screening for the rare but serious genetic disorder known as Hunter Syndrome. According to the Boston Children’s Hospital, Hunter ...

Mandatory testing of 45 genetic disorders is designed to lead to treatment before symptoms do damage.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the first screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in newborns. The EnLite Neonatal TREC Kit, manufactured by ...