When a baby is born in the United States, a few drops of blood are taken from their heel to test for many conditions that could affect the child’s long-term health or survival. This testing is part of ...

A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. — is facing an ethics attack. After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list of devastating diseases ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that was prompted by a decade-long CBS News California investigation into the state's newborn genetic biobank. California law says genetic testing ...

Dozens of hospitals across Wisconsin are failing to promptly send babies' blood samples to the state lab for testing, delaying potentially lifesaving treatment for newborns with rare yet deadly ...

CALIFORNIA (CBS13) — It's a little-known fact: California stores newborn blood spot (NBS) samples from every child born in the state. Parents don't have to consent, so many don't even know. DNA from ...

The baby in Arkansas seems healthy at birth. Warm, fuzzy skin. A normal weight. But Aiden Cooper can't keep down formula. Don't worry, he's fine, doctors assure his mother as they leave the hospital.

FILE - This July 2022 photo shows a lab in Lansing, Mich., where the state health department tests blood from newborns for more than 50 rare diseases. A judge has found key parts of Michigan’s newborn ...

TRENTON - Upon the birth of her two children, Hannah Lovaglio knew blood samples were taken from her newborns to test for 62 different diseases and disorders. She didn't know the state Department of ...