Newborn screening (NBS) as a public heath endeavor faces a complex array of needs, competing priorities, and viewpoints. NBS programs, federal agency partners, families, care providers, and many ...

Routine newborn screening (NBS) has transformed early disease detection. However, traditional biochemical tests limit the ...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law Monday legislation that establishes newborn screenings for a common, but serious, infant viral infection. Senate Bill 709 establishes the CMV Education and ...

Infant deaths from critical congenital heart disease have dropped in states where screening is now mandatory. A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed the number of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The vision screening rate increased from 5.7% in 2015 to 72.1% in 2022 across all racial and ethnic groups.

Suggested Citation: "1 Introduction." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Newborn Screening in the United States: A Vision for Sustaining and Advancing Excellence.