Lately there has been more coverage of Fatty Oxidation Disorders and Supplemental Newborn Screening in the news. Check this area from time-to-time for new postings of television, print and Internet coverage.

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• Health Care: Did she miss a chance
• Knowing at Birth
• FOD webmaster advocates for TX Expanded NBS!
• South Dakota: Blood tests for babies outsourced
• Malaysia:Simple test to check for 25 disorders in newborns
• MCAD added to UK Newborn Screening
• Texas Expands NBS
• NBS a success but testing varies...
• NBS to expand in Ontario Canada
• Arkansas lags in NBS of babies
• Wyoming Increases Newborn Screenings
• Colorado Expands their NBS Program
• Testing is Developed for Rare Diseases in Infants
• Newborn Test that Saves Lives
• Newborn screening bill wins approval in Georgia House
• KY Expands Newborn Screening
• Screening for Newborns Expanded
• Kentucky Lab Dedicated to Screen Newborns
• Arizona Expands NBS
• Something's Missing in Texas Tests for Genetic Disorders
• Kentucky Metabolic_Screening_Begins_Early
• Town Couple of Son with SCAD Advocates Screening of Newborns
• Ontario Canada Expands Newborn Screening
• Second Opinion; Falling Behind in Screening Babies
• Pressure Mounts to Expand Screening of US Newborns
• Canada Lags in Newborn Screening
• Ontario Behind in Screening Infants, Ombudsman Says; Small Investments Would Prevent Some Deaths
• Arizona Babies Tested for 28 Potential Disorders
• Expanded Newborn Testing Designed to Find Maladies
• Rare But Deadly
• South Dakota Expands Newborn Screening
• Just a Simple Blood Test
• We Got Our Child's Diagnosis from Her Death
• Newborn Screening
• Tandem Mass Spectrometry Improves Newborn Screening: A Newsmaker Interview With Piero Rinaldo, MD, PhD
• Mother Crusades for Newborn Screening
• Panel OKs Infant Health Screeings
• Babies to be Tested for Metabolic Illness
• Bill Pushes for More Newborn Testing
• Mother Fights for Improved Screening of Newborns
• Governor of New York Announces Historic Expansion of Newborn Screening
• Expanded Newborn Screening Can Save Your Child's Life
• Routine Blood Scan Will Now Check for 30 Serious Disorders
• Parents Prod States to Boost Newborn Screening
• A Drop of Blood Saves One Baby; Another Falls Ill
• Life-Saving Sibling - Family Reflects Need for Newborn Screening
• Foundation for an Ossining Youngster
• Newborn Blood Test Could Save Lives, But Kentucky Doesn't Require It
• Living Proof: Teenager Lives Life to the Fullest
• Baby Has Rare Genetic Metabolic Disorder
• Newborn Screening Special Issue
• Lifesaving Clues Found in Drop of Baby's Blood: Expanded Testing of Infants Pays Off
• Dodd Pushes for Law to Increase Testing for Birth Disorders
• Newborn Screening Cost-Effective in Detecting Rare but
  Treatable Genetic Disease
• Strauss Studies Mysterious and Deadly Pediatric Metabolic Disorder
• Silent Alarm: Screening program detects rare metabolic disorders in newborns
• New Study Shows Metabolic Disorder in Infants More Common than Previously Thought
• Mother Urges Parents To Have Infants Tested For MCAD Disease Characterized By Enzyme Deficiency
• San Francisco Jury Awards Boy $70.9M
• Newborns’ Disorder Tests Grow
• Cost-Benefit Analysis of Universal Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Newborn Screening
• Newborn Screening Program Practices in the United States: Notification, Research, and Consent
• Special Report: Newborn Screening and Parent Support Groups
• Special Report: Newborn Screening and Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• Newborn Screening for Metabolic Disorders
• KeepKidsHealthy.com (Newborn Screening Poll)
• CBS Evening News - A "Simple" Test for Newborns
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Parents Want More Screening for Disorders in Newborns
• Genetic disorder prevents girl from consuming normal amounts of protein
• Parenting magazine, August 2000 issue, Page 96 "The Price of Life" Subtitle reads "A New Technology Makes It Possible To Test For Rare Deadly Diseases In Newborns. So Why Isn't It Available To Most Parents?"
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sunday, February 2, 2003 (front page); Newborns At Risk
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sunday, February 2, 2003 (page A-11) - NEWBORNS AT RISK: Couple who lost infant son take up my father's cause