Children can develop hearing loss at any age due to ear infections, illnesses such as measles or meningitis, head injuries, or exposure to loud noise. Adolescents are particularly at risk because of ...

Experts say early screening and vaccination can prevent miscarriage, birth defects and lifelong disability. Here's why ...

Mandatory testing of 45 genetic disorders is designed to lead to treatment before symptoms do damage.

This research project is screening for over 200 rare genetic conditions including SMA and galactosaemia. A blood sample of the newborn’s umbilical cord will be collected shortly after birth to allow ...

Isaac has been wearing hearing aids for most of his four years. His current ones are in his favourite colours of blue and orange. "When I go to bed, I take them off," he said. "I can't hear then".

The newborn screening program in Utah is now screening for a 45th condition, one expected to affect one infant every one or ...

For more than six decades, biomarker-based newborn screening has played a pivotal role in reducing infant mortality and ...

A review explores how next-generation sequencing may expand newborn screening and highlights key clinical and ethical challenges. Every year, millions of newborns undergo routine screening as a ...

PCWorld reports that Microsoft issued emergency updates for a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) in Office that attackers exploited against Ukrainian authorities and EU institutions. The ...

With concerns rising about lagging childhood literacy rates across the country, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has begun screening children’s literacy skills starting at age 3 during pediatrician ...

A two-year program at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora reduced the rate of hospital-acquired conditions by 46.5%, according to research published Feb. 1 in Critical Care Nurse. Children’s ...