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Texas Expands Newborn Screening with Four New Tests
9/4/2025
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- Texas has added four new tests for lysosomal diseases to its newborn screening program, totaling 59 conditions.
- The Texas Department of State Health Services announced these tests to detect rare genetic disorders in infants.
- Newborns undergo screening twice: within 24-48 hours after birth and again at 7-14 days.
- Annually, around 800,000 specimens are tested, identifying about 1,000 newborns with life-threatening conditions.
