The Minnesota Department of Health is beginning to destroy blood spot collection cards to comply with a ruling last year from the Minnesota Supreme Court. In November, the court sided with parents who ...

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 ...

Most states do not inform parents of the retention and research use of newborn blood spot samples, according to the Indiana Center for Bioethics. However, a new Oklahoma law, Senate Bill 1250, ...

Following the threat of a potential court fight from a federal lawsuit, the state Attorney General announced Thursday the state will establish new limits on using newborn blood samples in criminal ...

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal ...

A baby at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida gets his foot pricked to run a simple blood test that can detect metabolic disorders. mhs Newborn screenings are important for assuring the ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan must ...

The state of Michigan must return or destroy dried blood samples from nine newborns or get approval from parents to keep them, according to the latest scathing opinion from a federal judge who found ...