A nationally-mandated newborn screening program for 29 heritable diseases could benefit individual states, according to an FDL-1HHS advisory panel report released March 8 in the Federal Register

A nationally-mandated newborn screening program for 29 heritable diseases could benefit individual states, according to an FDL-1HHS advisory panel report released March 8 in the Federal Register

HHS newborn screening panel: Recommendation that all newborns be screened for 29 rare medical conditions will be discussed when the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders & Genetic Diseases in Newborn & Children convenes April 21-22 in Washington, D.C. A report elucidating the proposed recommendations will be published the week of Feb. 28 in the Federal Register, with comments due the week of May 1. The committee has dropped a test for G6PD deficiency from the recommended test panel, citing insufficient evidence to justify screening (1"The Gray Sheet" Sept. 27, 2004, p. 6)...