Newborn Screening in the United States: Celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives

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Newborn Screening in the United States: Celebrating 50 Years of Saving Lives

• 2013 Joint Meeting of the Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium and the International Society for Neonatal Screening: 50 Years of newborn screening- celebrating the past and preparing for the future, Atlanta, GA May 5–10, 2013
• Association for Public Health Laboratories: The newborn screening story: how one simple test changed lives, science & health in America [PDF 25.50 MB]
• Association for Public Health Laboratories: What is newborn screening? Find the facts: ​Testing that can save a baby's life
• Newborn screening: One of public health’s greatest achievements celebrates 50 years and thousands of lives saved, The Pump Handle Post by Kim Krisberg, May 3