September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Each year, 12,500 babies born with serious but treatable conditions grow up healthy, thanks to newborn screening!
What is newborn screening?
Newborn screening is a state public health service that reaches each of the nearly 4 million babies born in the United States each year. It ensures that all babies are screened for certain serious conditions at birth, and for those babies with the conditions, it allows doctors to start treatment before some of the harmful effects happen.
Learn more about this process here: https://www.babysfirsttest.org/newborn-screening/screening-101
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