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Newborn screening expands

By |2017-02-10T09:49:08-07:00September 29th, 2015|Newborn Screening|

Newborn Screening month wraps up at the end of September and has served as a time to recognize the great strides we’ve made in screening babies born in Arizona. Arizona joins 36 other states in implementing a new test for critical congenital heart defect in newborns this year. Newborns in Arizona now have access to [...]

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Screening Newborns for Congenital Heart Defects

By |2017-02-10T09:50:52-07:00November 5th, 2012|Newborn Screening, Prevention|

Our Newborn Screening Program (in the State Laboratory) ensures that each newborn is tested for 28 inherited disorders and hearing problems.   The goal is to help kids avoid illness, developmental delays and even death by quickly identifying problems and swiftly letting their doctors know so they can implement interventions.  On any given day our newborn [...]

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