Newborn Screening in the News

 1/24/07 - Importance of universal newborn screening tests -Star-Gazette

11/21/06 -NIH launches 'Health Info Rx Program' on newborn screening and related genetic disorders

11/16/06 -Clinton, former Bills star team up for legislation

11/09/06- Improved Newborn Screening Program Saving Lives

11/09/06- Jason Heflin Children's Miracle Network Sponsor, Newborn Screening Advocate and Father

10/05/06- Senator Clinton Introduces Bill to Help Detect and Prevent Disorders in Infants

10/03/06- Testing helps save newborns - Lexington Herald Leader

 9/26/06-  Identification of X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy at Birth Allows for Early Intervention, Improved Outcomes for Males With Rare Genetic Disorder

 9/26/06-  Newborn Screening Method Discovered for Pediatric Disease Made Famous in 1992 Motion Picture, Lorenzo's Oil

 8/07/06-  New York State Newborn Screening Program began testing for Krabbe disease on August 7, 2006

 9/06/06-  Neb. couple fails to topple newborn blood-screening law
12/12/05- Potential Breakthrough in the Treatment of Krabbe's Disease!

               GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HISTORIC EXPANSION OF NEWBORN SCREENING

9/29/05 -  Newborn Screenings Detect Rare Ailments - The Associated Press
5/30/05 -  Rare But Deadly - U.S. News and World Report
5/12/05 -  AAP ENDORSES NEWBORN SCREENING REPORT FROM THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF MEDICAL GENETICS - The American Academy of Pediatrics
1/31/05 -  Newborn Blood to Tell More - St. Petersburg Times, FL
1/24/05 -  Babies to be tested for metabolic illness - Deseret Morning News, Salt Lake City, UT
11/17/04 -Newborn Screenings - News 14, Raleigh, NC
10/27/04 -GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES HISTORIC EXPANSION OF NEWBORN SCREENING - New York State Press Office, Albany, NY
9/22/04 -  Federal Panel Want Standards When Testing Newborns For Disorders - WBAL-TV, Baltimore, MD
9/21/04 -  Expanded Newborn Testing is Urged - The Wall Street Journal
7/06/04 -  Bills Hall of Famer Lobbies for Newborn Screening - WROC-TV, Rochester, NY
6/29/04 -  Early Tests Save A Lifetime Of Woes - WHOTV-13, Des Moines, IA
6/22/04 -  Hall of Famer Jim Kelly urges more screening of newborns - (AP) Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
6/17/04 -  A Drop of Blood Saves One Baby; Another Falls Ill - The Wall Street Journal
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6/14/04 - Senator Dodd Conducts Hearing on Newborn Screening
Spring 2004 - Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Direct Assay of Enzymes in Dried Blood Spots: Application to Newborn Screening for Krabbe Disease - Clinical Chemistry
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