This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The earlier diseases are diagnosed, the earlier they can be treated. Unfortunately, time is often of the essence for those with rare genetic disorders. For example, the few therapies that exist for ...

I got a blood test as a newborn that changed the course of my life forever. The test, part of newborn screening performed on babies across the U.S. led to my being diagnosed with a rare inherited ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Experts argued against screening all newborns for developmental disorders, saying it would worsen disparities.

Expanding newborn screening (NBS) to include identifying genes associated with an increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) would cause more harm than good, according to an article ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) during ...

There are plans to add two more genetic disorders for screening for Wisconsin’s newborn screening program. X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) and Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS 1) will be part ...

A new addition to Utah’s newborn screening panel could help future families detect a rare genetic disorder earlier, offering ...

Delhi government launches ANMOL newborn screening program to detect congenital disorders, covering 150,000-250,000 infants ...

The Delhi government has increased the reach of its newborn screening programme, Mission ANMOL, to cover 2.5 lakh infants annually. This initiative, led by Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, aims to ...

The Delhi government has expanded its newborn screening program under Mission ANMOL, increasing coverage to 2.5 lakh infants ...