For most parents, newborn screening tests are a barely perceptible safety net. But for the small minority whose babies get ...

Cutting the federal newborn screening advisory committee either demonstrates a lack of understanding of the group’s function ...

Thanks in part to federal funding for newborn hearing screening, about 98% of newborns are screened for hearing loss before ...

Advocates fear the U.S. could return to a patchwork system in which richer states provide more comprehensive screenings than ...

RFK Jr.'s Health Department shut down an advisory group that recommends how to test newborns for genetic disorders ...

Newborn screening began in the U.S. over 60 years ago with the PKU test. The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act received bipartisan support when it was passed in 2007. The legislation established ...

Newborn screening began in the U.S. over 60 years ago with the PKU test. The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act received bipartisan support when it was passed in 2007. The legislation established ...

A federal advisory committee that provides guidance on which rare diseases newborns should be screened for has been dissolved by the Trump administration, according to a letter obtained by the Boston ...

Guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis calls for changes in practice Date: April 2, 2025 Source: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Summary: The United States Cystic ...

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Current newborn screening for cystic fibrosis favors white children over those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds, researchers report. Cystic fibrosis ...

The program helps states coordinate newborn hearing screening and respond to infants ... the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act that reauthorized EHDI program funding until 2027.