A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that a screening method known as untargeted metabolomics profiling can improve the diagnostic rate for inborn errors of metabolism, a ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the range of conditions that can be identified at birth. Next-generation ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — All babies born in Virginia will now be tested for two additional disorders as part of the Newborn Screening Program. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Wednesday that ...

It could be years before Wisconsin begins testing for a rare but potentially deadly disease in newborns. The test would be for Krabbe, a recessive genetic condition that belongs to a group of ...

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

Plummeting costs of DNA sequencing technologies are injecting urgency into the longstanding debate over whether to dive deeper into the genomes of more infants — even apparently healthy ones. Experts ...

The goal of newborn screening is to prevent morbidity and mortality through cost-effective early diagnosis of treatable disorders. Newborn screening programs are state mandated to ensure that all ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged in office to make Americans healthier, with a specific focus on reducing health burdens among children. But his department this ...

Hair characteristics are inherited and both typical and atypical findings may be familial in nature. The clinician must be sensitive to the wide variation of normal scalp hair. In the delivery room, ...

Sen. Becky Massey, R-Knoxville, represents District 6 in the Tennessee Senate. Rep. David Hawk, R-Greeneville, represents District 5 in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Tennessee is a national ...