Newborn screening helps families and health care providers identify serious health conditions before symptoms appear. Performed shortly after birth, this routine test helps ensure babies receive ...

A test that compares the levels of two molecules in the blood can accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral ...

Researchers from Imperial College London have shown that a blood test can pinpoint the underlying cause of brain injury in newborns. Their study looked at babies with a type of brain injury caused by ...

England's National Health Service (NHS) has kick started a study which will screen up to 100,000 newborn babies for over 200 rare diseases. The Generation Study – led by Genomics England in ...