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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 Newborn Screen Saves Lives Act (NBSSLA) expanded the authorizations and duties of the Health Resources and Services Administration in dealing with newborn screening. This legislation has allowed HRSA to spearhead the creation of federal recommendations on newborn screening, and assists State programs in meeting these requirements. It also ...
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.
The following disorders are additional conditions that may be detected by screening. Many are listed as "secondary targets" by the 2005 ACMG report. [1] Some states are now screening for more than 50 congenital conditions. Many of these are rare and unfamiliar to pediatricians and other primary health care professionals. [1] Blood cell disorders
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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.
The United States had a slow start in widespread SARS-CoV-2 testing. [4] [5] From the start of the outbreak until early March 2020, the CDC gave restrictive guidelines on who should be eligible for COVID-19 testing. The initial criteria were (a) people who had recently traveled to certain countries, or (b) people with respiratory illness ...
The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2014 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on March 20, 2013 by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D, CA-40). [8] The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health .