newborn screening Archives

Iowa Parents’ Perspectives: Newborn screening truly saved their babies’ lives

by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer The final and unquestionably the most impactful session of the APHL 2020 Newborn Screening Virtual Symposium featured four families sharing…

Opportunities to enhance newborn screening follow-up exist and improve outcomes

November 9, 2020

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by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer In laboratory newborn screening programs, the primary focus is on the test itself. What happens after the test is up to…

Strengthening the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel

October 30, 2020

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by Sapna Kundra, MPH, writer The Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP) is a growing list of disorders that the Secretary of the US Department of…

The Evolving Landscape of Newborn Screening

October 26, 2020

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While routine newborn screening has been a successful part of our nation’s public health system for over 55 years, newborn screening now has the promise…

New Lab Matters: The new world order of COVID-19

September 30, 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the largest defining events of 2020 for public health. A hyperfocus on testing has thrust public health laboratories…

Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day

June 3, 2020

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by Jody DeVoll, advisor, Communications, APHL Public health laboratories have figured so prominently in media coverage of coronavirus (COVID-19) testing that one might assume that…

Maximizing next-generation sequencing in newborn screening through bioinformatics

May 1, 2020

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by Samantha Marcellus, MPH, APHL-CDC Newborn Screening Bioinformatics Fellow We live in the era of rapid access to near limitless information, over-the-counter DNA testing, and…

Lab Culture Ep. 21: 2019 Year in Review

December 16, 2019

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Are we already at the end of 2019?! While to many of us it felt like the year flew by, APHL staff, members and partners…

New Lab Matters: Making data fly

December 10, 2019

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In today’s technology-connected world, information moves quickly. But in the world of public health, pathogens often travel faster than the data needed to diagnose, treat…

APHL’s newborn screening program goes global

November 18, 2019

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Outside of the US and other resource-rich nations, few countries have the capital, infrastructure and human resources required to sustain a newborn screening program. Despite…