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Study highlights barriers to care for older adults with hearing loss
Researchers have carried out in-depth interviews with a group of Australians aged 40 and over who use hearing aids, cochlear implants or both to learn more about their experiences with clinicians such ...
Mankato Free Press7d
Minnesota parents thankful for early hearing loss risk detection
Like most parents, Mallory Shlaffman hadn’t heard of congenital cytomegalovirus until her child screened positive for it.
MinnPost9d
‘Ahead of the game’: Minnesota parents thankful for early hearing loss risk detection
The state was the first in the nation to make CMV screenings universal, which has led to hundreds of early detections in ...
Pharmaceutical Technology20d
Newborn screening strategy needs modernising as HHS disbands advisory committee
The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) was terminated in April. After sweeping cuts ...
KSTP-TV26d
MDH adds newborn screening after encouragement from mother who lost daughter to rare disease
The first 48 hours of a baby’s life can be critical for identifying potential health problems, which is why newborn screenings are critical. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) on Friday ...
Reno Gazette-Journal1mon
Nevada eyes way to continue ARPA-funded expansion of rare disease screenings for newborns
Those changes would put Nevada in alignment with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ... Nevada’s newborn screening program has also been supported financially by funding from ...
Today1mon
Her daughter died at 12 of a rare disease. HHS cut the screening program that could’ve saved others
The RUSP is a list of conditions that secretary of the Department of Health ... on it. Newborn screening is typically conducted at birth by pricking the baby's heel for blood, and with hearing ...
STAT1mon
The volunteer committee advising on newborn screening must be reinstated
While all states have a newborn screening program, the number of conditions ... and gave recommendations to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The volunteer-only ...
The Boston Globe1mon
Here’s how the Trump administration’s termination of a federal advisory committee on newborn screening will impact Mass.
“Sometimes they do their own evidence gathering, and sometimes it’s helpful for our newborn screening program to have ... a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services ...
MedCity News1mon
Beyond Newborn Screening: Four Essential Factors in Congenital Disease Care
One of the great successes of public health in the US is the newborn screening program, which tests infants ... during the diagnosis and beyond. Hearing loss and deafness offer a useful example ...
The Hindu2mon
In Karnataka, efforts on to combat the challenge of a hidden disability in newborns: hearing impairment
To do this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening programmes to detect hearing impairment ... has joined hands with the Department of Health and Family Welfare ...
Khaleej Times2mon
UAE: 2,400 couples undergo premarital genetic screening; 92% found compatible
The Premarital Genetic Screening Programme was implemented from January 1, 2025 by the Ministry of Health and Prevention, in collaboration with the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, Emirates ...