Newborn Screening Saves Babies

For new parents nothing is more exciting than being able to take their brand-new baby boy or girl home from the hospital for the first time. Conversely, nothing is more devastating than learning a few months, or years, down the road that a child has a terrible disease that could have been treated had newborn screening taken place before the baby left the hospital.

More information about this simple test can be found at www.savebabies.org

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