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 ...

Genetic newborn screening supports early identification of a child’s critical condition, guiding to a better start in life. Large-scale evidence shows that adding next-generation sequencing (NGS) as a ...

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 ...

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Background Congenital anomalies are among the common health problems faced by children in low- and middle-income countries, ...

Adding genomic sequencing to newborn blood screening would detect hundreds of additional childhood conditions, providing much earlier diagnosis and treatment, according to a new study. A baby's genome ...

Newborn screening (NBS) is a public health service available to approximately 3.6 million infants born in the United States each year. Over 98 percent of those infants receive screening. State and ...

Prestigious recognition underscores the impact of large-scale genomic screening in identifying serious childhood genetic conditions in conjunction with traditional newborn screening GeneDx (Nasdaq: ...