Rather than destroy the paper cards used to collect bloodspots for newborn testing, Utah keeps the samples without telling ...

The blood—taken by pricking the heels of day-old newborns—was used to test for birth defects and then stowed away indefinitely for future potential investigation. “Most parents don't know ...

In 2011, a settlement between parents and the Texas Department of State Health Services resulted in the destruction of 5.3 million “blood spots” taken for newborn screening. The settlement alleviated ...

Four parents in Michigan jumped into a long-running ethical debate over the collection and storage of newborns’ blood samples by suing to force the state to destroy their children’s samples or ...

But one question I never imagined I’d have to Google when I brought our daughter home from hospital was: why is there blood in my newborn’s nappy? As it turns out, some baby girls can have a ...

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 ...