In April, the Deparment of Health and Human Services shuttered the committe that oversaw newborn screenings. Advocates hope ...

Leadership and coordination are needed at the national level to build on the strength of newborn screening programs that test babies for serious health conditions.

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) blood test measures how quickly erythrocytes, ...

Traditional biochemical methods of studying human gene mutations are often laborious and costly. Now bioengineers at the ...

Children’s Hospital Colorado performs only about one EXIT procedure each year, in cases where the baby has no other options.

Tim and Gabrielle Groth said they are “living a nightmare” and are unsure if their newborn son Cole will survive after he ...

Pregnancy symptoms can overlap with common body changes, such as PMS. We round up some early signs that you're pregnant.

These types of mistakes are often described as “never events,” a term first coined in 2002 to refer to preventable medical ...

The umbilical cord may become a crystal ball of sorts, helping doctors predict the future of children at risk for long-term ...

On Saturday, April 26, the Joe Reed Memorial Heart Walk – named after the father of current Winchester Mayor JoEllen Reed – will start at 9:30 a.m. at Clark Regional Medical Center, with the event ...

The type of fluid that drains from the ear—whether it’s earwax, pus, blood, or clear fluid—can provide important ... Johns Hopkins Medicine. Ear tube insertion. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.