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Expanded newborn screening is now available to test for many metabolic diseases among newborns.
| PRESS CONTACT: Mary Dott, MD CDC, National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (404) 498鈥?890 |
Many newborn screening programs have added tandem mass spectrometry technology and others are considering the addition of this technology to their programs. However, it is unknown how many deaths among young children might be prevented if affected children are identified and treatment is begun during the newborn period. We found that about 1% of children who died unexpectedly in Virginia during a recent 6-year period had a positive screen for these diseases. Timely identification of affected children and initiation of therapies might have prevented these deaths. Newborn screening for these disorders offers an opportunity to reduce early childhood mortality.
| PRESS CONTACT: Division of Media Relations CDC, Office of Communication (404) 639鈥?286 |
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Since the World Health Assembly resolved in 1988 to eradicate poliomyelitis globally, the number of countries where polio is endemic decreased from 127 to only seven.
| PRESS CONTACT: Jean Clare Smith, MD, MPH CDC, National Immunization Program (404) 639鈥?227 |
Despite significant progress in reducing the scope and genetic diversity of transmission, wild virus circulation continues in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This report summarizes the progress toward polio eradication in these two countries during January 2002鈥擬ay 2003, highlighting the progress made in strengthening the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance (AFP) system and the need for further improvements in the quality of the supplementary immunization activities.
| PRESS CONTACT: Division of Media Relations CDC, Office of Communication (404) 639鈥?286 |
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