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

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

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 ...

Early results from a study of newborn screening methods show that DNA analysis picks up many more preventable or treatable serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. A little over 40% of parents did not know about the ...

The earlier diseases are diagnosed, the earlier they can be treated. Unfortunately, time is often of the essence for those with rare genetic disorders. For example, the few therapies that exist for ...

Stanford AI can predict with over 85% accuracy which premature babies will suffer serious medical complications.

Ranging from heel prick blood tests to hearing and heart screenings, these critical health checks in the first year of a baby ...

Lancet study proves that NHS refusing to screen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of the newborn heel prick test is costing lives - and taxpayers’ money ...

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...

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 ...

TEXAS, USA — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced Wednesday that four additional tests for rare genetic conditions will be added to the state’s newborn screening program.