For over 40 years, newborn screening has been a triumph of the 20th century public health system.

In most of Europe, newborn screening is done with the consent of the parents.

This increased the number of conditions that could be detected by newborn screening.

The experience of newborn screening serves as the introduction to public health genomics for many people.

Information obtained from newborn screening can help guide medical treatment to ensure the best possible outcome for the baby.

Where samples are not available, residual blood from newborn screening may be helpful.

Opening up newborn screening to other laboratories would almost immediately lead to progress.

For the newborn screening, they conduct 6.3 million tests each year.

The history of newborn screening, they say, is filled with cautionary tales.

Every state does newborn screening, making this one of the largest prevention programs in the country.