As cuts sweep across federal health agencies, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) ...

"Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis has been universal in the U.S. since 2010; however, there is significant variation ...

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 ...

All states should adopt updated screening protocols so more newborns with cystic fibrosis can be diagnosed in the first weeks of life, when interventions can have the greatest benefit, according to ...

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 ...

Newborn screening for genetic metabolic diseases helps a portion of children stay healthy as they grow, but decompensation episodes still occur in the first weeks after birth before test results ...

To fix this problem, Connecticut should become the nation’s fifth state to add Duchenne to the standard newborn screening babies already receive and give parents the early answers they need to ...

The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in ...

Newborn screening panels need to become representative of the entire population.” The new guideline sets out to make newborn screening for CF more equitable by recommending that states test for ...