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National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center
Provides information and resources in the area of newborn screening and genetics to benefit health professionals, the public health community, consumers and government officials.

Supplemental Newborn Screening
Review the issue of whether or not you should order a supplemental newborn screening test for your baby.

Newborn Screening Tests
Fact sheet and quick reference about newborn screening tests from the March of Dimes.

Clinical Issues and Considerations
Comprehensive information about newborn screening, including screening recommendations, a history of newborn screening, how specimens are collected, and frequently asked questions.

Save Babies Through Screening Foundation
An organization that promotes newborn screening, with a resource library and descriptions of all of the diseases that can be screened for.

Keep Kids Healthy - Newborn Screening Tests
Information about basic and supplemental newborn screening tests.

Newborn Screening Tests and Your Baby
Information about the CDC Newborn Screening Quality Assurance Program.

Newborn Screening Overview
Fact sheets, policy statements, and parent resources about newborn screening tests from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

US National Screening Status Report
A chart that lists the status of newborn screening in the United States as of July 2000. Do you know what your baby will be screened for in that state you live in?

Texas Newborn Screening Program Guide
Review the eight most common things that parents should know about newborn screening, plus information about expanded newborn screening.

Baylor Supplemental Newborn Screening
A Supplemental Newborn Screening program that screens for 30 disorders that might not be included in your state's newborn screening program.

Pediatrix Screening
Newborn Screening Program from Pediatrix that can screen for over 40 amino acid disorders, organic acid disorders, and fatty acid oxidation disorders using tandem mass spectrometry and a supplemental screen that can detect over 50 disorders.