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JUNE 2010:
WI
Public Health Lab Identifies First SCID Baby Using New
TREC Assay
The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison has identified the first baby with
classical Severe Combine Immune Deficiency (SCID) as part
of their newborn screening program. SCID babies, if undiagnosed,
eventually develop severe life-threatening infections
with a 100% mortality rate, usually within the first year
of life...
MAY 2010:
Secretary
of Health and Human Services Announces Addition of SCID
to National Newborn Screening Standards
On May 21, 2010, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health
and Human Services (HHS) announced the addition of Severe
Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) -- commonly known as
bubble boy disease -- to the core panel of 29 genetic
disorders -- as part of her recommendation to adopt the
national Recommended Uniform Screening Panel...
U.S.
says to screen babies for 'bubble boy disease'
"Bubble boy disease" is now part of national
U.S. newborn screening guidelines, adopted by Secretary
of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius last week...
Approval
Letter from Secretary Sebelius to Secretary's Advisory
Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children
The Secretary also adopts the Committee's recommendation
to adopt the SACHDNC's addition ofSCID as a core condition
to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, and related
T-cell lymphocyte deficiencies to the list ofsecondary
targets as a comprehensive entity as a national
standard and affirms the SACHDNC's updated Recommended
Uniform Screening Panel to
screen for 30 core conditions and report 26 secondary
conditions.
FEBRUARY 2010:
Letter
to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
Committee therefore recommends to the Secretary: The
addition of SCID to the uniform panel, and related T-cell
lymphocyte deficiencies to the list of secondary targets
as a comprehensive entity, with the understanding that
the following activities will also take place in a timely
manner...
JANUARY 2010:
Immune
Deficiency Foundation praises ACHDNC recommendation for
SCID screening in newborns
On January 21, 2010, the Advisory Committee on Heritable
Disorders in Newborns and Children voted unanimously to
add screening for Severe Combined Immune Deficiency or
SCID - commonly known as bubble boy disease — to
the core panel for universal screening of all newborns
in the United States.
Action
Shifts to Statehouses in Battle to Save Babies Born with
SCID
Vicki and Fred Modell, co-founders of the Jeffrey Modell
Foundation, today called upon governors, state public
health officials, and legislators, in all states, to implement
screening of newborns with Severe Combined Immune Deficiency
(SCID).
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