U.K. health officials are facing pressure to rethink how they expand the list of diseases that all newborns are screened for ...

PHOENIX, AZ - January 15, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - The Newborn Care Solutions Agency is responding to increasing ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the range of conditions that can be identified at birth. Next-generation ...

Introduction: Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and other profound T- and B-cell lymphopenias are life-threatening conditions that benefit from early diagnosis and treatment. In October 2022, ...

Rep. Ann Flood speaks during a news conference last week in Harrisburg. Her legislation adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the state’s Newborn Screening Program passed the House of Representatives ...

Newborn screening is a public health service done in each U.S. state. Every newborn is tested for a group of health disorders that aren't otherwise found at birth. With a simple blood test, doctors ...

Despite advances, whole genome sequencing — and with it the promise of early, life-altering therapies — still isn’t a routine part of care for most newborns. Many babies enter the world with silent ...

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 ...

It started a few days after birth with a few drops of blood taken from a newborn’s foot. And for the family of young Maisie, on her fifth day of life, it portended a potentially life-saving discovery.