The State’s newborn screening programme for rare diseases must be expanded to include at least 20 conditions to ensure early diagnosis and avoid delayed treatment later in life, a coalition of patient ...

The Health Minister was unable to provide a date for when additional rare diseases will be added to a newborn screening programme, after an advocate expressed “disappointment” with the rate of ...

Mandatory screening of newborns to test for a rare metabolic disorder came too late for Stephen Monaco, 16, but not for his sister, Caroline, 11. Both have the disorder isovaleric acidemia, in which ...

A Rathnew father of two sons with a rare genetic illness is leading the campaign for better screening of newborn babies with rare diseases in Ireland. In December 2016, Cathal (Cogs) Martin was ...

Any expansion of the heel-prick test for newborn babies must not jeopardise existing operations, the health watchdog has said. Newborn bloodspot screening, also referred to as the heel-prick test, is ...

The state House of Representatives Health Committee has approved legislation adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Gaucher ...

Newborn screening, which represents one of the major advances in child health of the past century, has been carried out in all fifty U.S. states since the 1970s. New-born screening programs are ...

PerkinElmer, Inc. has announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with Capital Health in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that provides instruments, reagents, software and screening expertise to ...

NHS England has announced that hundreds of babies have begun to be tested for over 200 genetic conditions as part of a study led by Genomics England. The Generation Study is evaluating the potential ...

The MMCHD awards LGUs for exceptional commitment and achievement in the conduct of Newborn Screening Programs. (Photo Courtesy: Pasig City PIO) QUEZON CITY, (PIA) – The Department of Health – Metro ...