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Manitoba expands NBS program to include CF

Texas to Test Infants for SCID

CA One Step Closer to Adding Pulse-Ox to NBS

SCID Added to Florida NBS Panel

A New Pilot Study Explores Expanded Newborn Screening in UK

Newborn Screening Under Threat in Greece

March 29, 2012

Georgia Considers a Study of Pulse-ox as a Part of NBS

March 22, 2012

Model shows DMD could be a part of NBS

March 15, 2012

Ireland to Destroy NBS Blood Spots

March 08, 2012

Update on Destruction of MN Dried Blood Spots

March 01, 2012

Grant awarded to study long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness of NBS

February 23, 2012

Colorado Adds SCID to Newborn Screening Panel

February 16, 2012

UIHC offers new heart disease screening process for newborns

February 09, 2012

Couple  Commits Funds to Screen Every Newborn for SCID

February 02, 2012

Newborn Blood Spots to be Destroyed in Minnesota

January 26, 2012

Newborn Screening Program Helps Save Twins' Lives


January 19, 2012

CHOP to create Long-term Newborn Screening Data Repository

January 12, 2012

American Academy of Pediatrics endorses newborn screening for CCHD

January 08, 2012

Sickle cell trait keeps Steelers' safety out of playoff game

December 23, 2011

Emma's Law, requiring newborn screening for 5 lysosomal storage disorders, passes both houses in New Jersey.

December 14, 2011

New clinical trial uses liver cell therapy to help treat urea cycle disorder.

December 7, 2011

New microarray-on-a-chip test developed for Cystic Fibrosis.

November 30, 2011

Lysosomal storage disorders are more common than previously thought, even though they remain rare.

November 23, 2011

Minnesota Supreme Court ruled state health program can't store blood samples for additional public health research without parental consent.

November 16, 2011

Parents mourn child who died at four days of life from MCAD and question whether courier service of his newborn blood spot could have sped up his results and made a difference.

November 9, 2011

2011 Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium sponsored by the APHL & the CDC: Check out the Baby's First Test poster at the  Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium going on now in San Diego, CA.

November 3, 2011

KDHE working to replace $2.2 million for newborn screening program: Cuts in Children's Initiative Fund has agency seeking alternatives.

October 19, 2011

Newborn screening for Cystic Fibrosis doubles survival.

October 12, 2011

Michigan adds SCID to the state’s newborn screening panel.

September 19, 2011

Parents’ anxiety about newborn screening results does not lead to increased health care use.

September 7, 2011

Congenital heart disease screening recommended for newborns.