New Test Is Saving Utah Babies' Lives By Earlier Detection

A disorder that makes it hard for newborns to fight infections is two times more prevalent among Utah infants than previously thought. Utah health officials documented greater numbers of babies with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) after doctors in the state started testing for the disorder in July 2013. It is now one of 38 disorders on Utah’s Newborn Screening Panel, tests run with blood pricked from babies’ heels, according to a Utah Department of Health news release. A couple whose 7-w... <img src="http://mngislctrib.112.2O7.net/b/ss/mngislctrib/1/H.17--NS/0?&pageName=RSS" height="1" width="1" border="0" alt=""/>

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