@article{e2bbba18fd294cd292e7ea288a1af3f5,
title = "Introduction",
author = "Therrell, {Bradford L.}",
note = "Funding Information: The US Congress continues to recognize the public health impact of NBS through its recent reauthorization of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007 (originally enacted April 24, 2008). The law provides an outline of congressional expectations relative to federally sponsored activities aimed at NBS program improvement, including the establishment of national newborn screening guidelines and the provision of assistance to states to ensure comprehensive newborn screening. Some of the results of the original law can be seen in various reports in this issue. The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, US National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to provide leadership in NBS information exchange technology through standardized protocols and terminology. The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working to assess and improve bedside screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHD). Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA){\textquoteright}s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is addressing national NBS data and program quality needs. And, significant research on methodologies for detecting new screenable conditions is supported by the NIH{\textquoteright}s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. ",
year = "2015",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1053/j.semperi.2015.03.001",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "169--170",
journal = "Seminars in Perinatology",
issn = "0146-0005",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "3",
}