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The lists of diseases for which newborns are tested vary by state. Parents of kids with Krabbe disease, which requires early intervention, are pushing to change state and federal policies.
The first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the American state of Michigan were discovered on March 10, 2020, one day before the outbreak of the disease was officially declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. [1] As of December 20, 2022, 2,977,727 cases have been identified, causing 40,657 deaths. [2]
Newborn screening has been identified as one of the most effective means of disease prevention in the United States by testing every newborn baby for potentially fatal conditions that may not be immediately obvious. By testing babies before symptoms begin, newborn screening programs help prevent disabilities and decrease the newborn mortality rate.
Newborn screening programs initially used screening criteria based largely on criteria established by JMG Wilson and F. Jungner in 1968. [6] Although not specifically about newborn population screening programs, their publication, Principles and practice of screening for disease proposed ten criteria that screening programs should meet before being used as a public health measure.
How the coronavirus pandemic has spread across Michigan, including information on COVID-19 vaccine rollout and cases and deaths throughout the state.
Covid Act Now (CAN) is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides local-level disease intelligence and data analysis on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, via a website and an API. CAN assists partners ranging from local county health departments to multinational corporations in developing COVID response plans.
More than four years after the first cases of COVID-19 were identified, the coronavirus continues to spread globally. Though the rate of severe disease and deaths from the virus aren't as high now ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.