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 ...

The mother of a four-year-old boy with a rare muscle disease says screening newborn babies for the condition could "save ...

If you have ever welcomed a new baby into the world, you know the mix of hope and uncertainty that comes with those first days. For decades, newborn screening has been a quiet triumph of public health ...

Lancet study proves that NHS refusing to screen for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) as part of the newborn heel prick test is ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- September is newborn screening awareness month and Valley hospitals are working toward getting 100 percent of babies tested. Before a baby can be brought home from a hospital ...

The newborn screening market offers significant opportunities driven by rising neonatal populations and congenital disease ...

For the first 1,000 days of my 7-year-old son’s life, my husband and I knew something was wrong with him —we just didn’t know what it was. As we watched Charlie struggle to get up off the floor, ...

WAHOO - Ray and Louise Spiering wanted to observe a period of silence after their daughter Melynda's birth. What they got was an uproar. To the Spierings, Nebraska's requirement that newborn babies ...

Jesy Nelson reveals petition for SMA1 screening at birth after twins’ diagnosis - The 34-year-old announced on Sunday that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with the severe muscular disease.

Seattle Children's is partnering on the launch of a study called the 'Oto-Acoustic Signals in SIDS' (OASIS) study that will investigate a possible association between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ...

TEXAS, USA — The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) announced Wednesday that four additional tests for rare genetic conditions will be added to the state’s newborn screening program.