The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability ...

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 ...

New research from large population studies provides invaluable evidence on genome screening of newborn babies to reduce risks ...

WHO urges expanding newborn screening to curb child mortality from birth defects, especially in low- and middle-income ...

InvestigateTV - Hours after newborn babies enter the world in the United States, cries inevitably ring out when a nurse pricks their heels to draw their blood. This routine test, where blood is ...

Thangaratinam and colleagues aimed to shed light on the potential predictive value of using pulse oximetry to screen for significant cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) in newborn infants. One ...

The first step was to get another test before we left the hospital.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...