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 ...

This article is authored by Chandra Ganjoo, group Chief Executive Office, Trivitron Healthcare.

One of the great successes of public health in the US is the newborn screening program, which tests infants in every state for more than 30 serious but treatable congenital diseases. For the four ...

Before your baby says their first word, their ability to hear it matters. This National Newborn Screening Awareness Month, WTOP explores why early hearing tests are essential for newborns — and what ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preterm babies face greater health risks from the moment they are born. Their organs, immune systems, and metabolic pathways are not fully developed, making them more vulnerable to complications.

Critical congenital heart diseases, or CCHDs, are a group of life-threatening structural heart defects present at birth.

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 ...

Twenty years ago, cystic fibrosis wasn’t a household term for me. Today, cystic fibrosis — a genetic disorder that causes a buildup of thick, sticky mucus that can damage organs, especially the lungs ...

A newborn and infant hearing screening test using a smartphone-based device to detect otoacoustic emissions (OAE) showed a ...

There are plans to add two more genetic disorders for screening for Wisconsin’s newborn screening program. X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS 1) will be part ...