APHL 2019: Strong foundations lead to new heights

It was to be my third outing to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium (NBSGTS), this being the 27th meeting of its kind, bringing some 500 members of the screening and genetics community to the jewel of Lake Michigan, The Windy City, The City With Big Shoulders, Chi-Town:…

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Second Tier Newborn Screening Tests – Improving the Specificity of One of the Greatest Public Health Achievements

Newborn screening for inherited disorders has been heralded as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the first decade of the 21st century.1 The ability to pre-symptomatically identify newborn babies at risk of developing endocrine, hematologic, and metabolic disorders has dramatically improved or saved thousands of lives (and saved the healthcare system millions…

11th ISNS European Regional Meeting, Bratislava Slovakia; An Overview

Reflecting on a common concern in newborn screening: Reliability.