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 ...

Close to 4 million babies are born in the United States every year, and within their first 48 hours nearly all are pricked in the heel so their blood can be tested for dozens of life-threatening ...

Twenty-one families took the state of Minnesota to court, forcingchanges regarding how long the state can keep bloodspots taken from newborns for screening. The families argued that the Minnesota ...

I got a blood test as a newborn that changed the course of my life forever. The test, part of newborn screening performed on babies across the U.S. led to my being diagnosed with a rare inherited ...

LANSING, Mich. — On Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Michigan Newborn Screening Program was constitutional. This comes after a lawsuit challenged the state that the program ...

Today, the GUARDIAN study is moving newborn screening to genomic sequencing, potentially detecting hundreds of conditions before symptoms even appear. But can this cutting-edge technology replace ...

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 ...

A committee of experts will conduct a study examining the current landscape of newborn screening (NBS) systems, processes, and research in the United States and consider sustainable adoption of ...

A federal appeals court has reversed a 2022 ruling that found parts of Michigan's newborn blood screening program unconstitutional. The program collects blood samples from newborn babies and screens ...