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Newborn screening identifies conditions that can affect a child's long-term health or survival. Early detection, diagnosis, and intervention can prevent death or disability and enable children to reach their full potential. Each year, millions of babies in the U.S. are routinely screened, using a few drops of blood from the newborn's heel, for certain genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders, and are also tested for hearing loss prior to discharge from a hospital or birthing center.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Newborn screening identifies conditions that can affect a child's long-term health or survival. Early detection, diagnosis, and intervention can prevent death or disability and enable children to reach their full potential. Each year, millions of babies in the U.S. are routinely screened, using a few drops of blood from the newborn's heel, for certain genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders, and are also tested for hearing loss prior to discharge from a hospital or birthing center.
For more information about CDC's Newborn Screening Programs see the following links:
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Newborn Screening Translation Research Initiative
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and CDC Foundation -
Pediatric Genetics and Newborn Screening
National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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