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Newborn Screening: Current Landscape and Future Directions

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 ...
Medscape

Universal Eye Screening Reveals Newborn Ocular Issues

Universal eye screening in newborns identifies retinal hemorrhage in 10.64% of babies and other ocular abnormalities in 7.5% of infants, with potential risk factors including premature birth, being ...
MobiHealthNews

AI-based newborn eye disease screener closes $1.5M Series A round

Palo Alto, California-based AI diagnostic maker Pr3vent, Inc. has closed a Series A funding round led by InFocus Capital Partners. While Pr3vent did not disclose the investment amount in its ...

Calls for universal vision screening tests for all SA preschool children

A group of researchers is calling on the South Australian government to implement a universal vision screening program for ...
STAT

The volunteer committee advising on newborn screening must be reinstated

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 ...
Seeking Alpha

GeneDx to Showcase Data from Largest Genomic Newborn Screening Cohort of 14,000 Newborns

Data to be presented at the International Conference on Newborn Sequencing (ICoNS) highlighting lessons learned from the GUARDIAN and Early Check newborn sequencing studies showcasing GeneDx’s deep ...