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Three New Yorkers tested positive for Zika virus which has been linked to microcephaly, a severe birth defect in newborns

Cases of babies born with microcephaly, a dangerous birth defect that causes babies to be born with a significantly smaller head than other children and can result in brain injury have been dramatically increasing in Latin America and some Caribbean islands. These cases are linked to the Zika Virus which…

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New York celebrates 50 Years of Vital Newborn Screening with national exhibit on display at the State Department of Health (DOH) Wadsworth Center Laboratories

Newborn screening prevents 12,000 babies per year from death or lifetimes of intellectual or physical disability. It started in the US 50 years ago. New York started infants screening in 1965 for phenylketonuria (PKU) and today babies are screened for 45 disorders. New York was the first state to test…

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