Newborn Screening Tests and Your Baby

Provides information and resources in the area of newborn screening and genetics to benefit health professionals, the public health community, consumers and government officials.

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

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

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

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

Information about basic and supplemental newborn screening tests.

Each year, millions of babies in the U.S. are routinely screened, using a few drops of blood from the newborn's heel, for certain genetic, endocrine, and metabolic disorders, and are also tested for hearing loss prior to discharge from a hospital or birthing center. Learn about all of these newborn screening tests from the CDC.

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

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?

Review the eight most common things that parents should know about newborn screening, plus information about expanded newborn screening.

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