One of the most successful public health stories in U.S. history — the nation’s newborn screening program — was the subject of a recent reauthorization hearing held by the House Committee on Energy ...
From Judge Thomas L. Ludington's opinion in Laporte v. Gordon, 2020 WL 1429496 (E.D. Mich. Mar. 24): All 50 states have newborn screening programs for at least 29 health conditions. The screening ...
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader committed to innovating for a healthier world, today announced that it is providing the newborn screening assay for Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy’s (PPMD’s) ...
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 ...
Elisa Seegar’s son, Aidan, was 7 when he died from a rare condition that could have been treated early if he had been screened for it as a newborn. Although Florida is one of the states that screens ...