WASHINGTON — Leadership and coordination at the national level are needed to build on the strength of screening programs that test all newborn babies’ blood for serious health conditions and to ensure ...

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 ...

Newborn babies will be tested for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) from October in a national trial.

Early results from 4,000 babies show that genome sequencing picks up many more serious health conditions than standard newborn screening and is favored by most parents. Early results from a study of ...

Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis and treatment, according to a new study. A baby's genome ...

Testing could give doctors an early start on life-preserving cancer treatments ...

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 ...

Universal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) in newborns, using dried blood spot analysis during the first week of life, created opportunities to intervene for improved outcomes, a ...

The Nevada Newborn Screening Program screens all babies for serious, but often treatable, disorders. Many conditions are not easily recognizable at birth, and if left untreated, can cause serious ...

England's National Health Service (NHS) has kick started a study which will screen up to 100,000 newborn babies for over 200 rare diseases. The Generation Study – led by Genomics England in ...

“I think you always believe it’s never going to happen to me.” That is how one parent described learning that their newborn baby had been identified as being at possible risk of a rare genetic ...