"I think you always believe it's never going to happen to me." That is how one parent described learning that their newborn ...

More than a decade ago, researchers launched the BabySeq Project, a pilot program to return newborn genomic sequencing results to parents and measure the effects on newborn care. Today, over 30 ...

The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in order to improve timely detection of CF in infants from all racial and ...

In Australia, every newborn baby is offered a screening test for 34 serious but treatable conditions (or groups of conditions ...

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 ...

GEORGIA (WALB) - Before you can take your baby home from the hospital, a nurse performs a quick heel-prick test—collecting drops of blood to screen for certain genetic, metabolic, blood, and endocrine ...

Nearly every baby born in the U.S. has blood drawn in the immediate hours after their birth, allowing the baby to be tested for a panel of potentially life-threatening inherited disorders. This is a ...

Consent processes for newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) are variable, with a lack of descriptive research that depicts how the offer of NBS is made to parents. We explored the experience, in practice, ...