Washington, Sept. 30 -- Congresswoman Laura Gillen issued the following press release:
GARDEN CITY, NY - Congresswoman Laura Gillen (D-NY-04), alongside her colleagues Congressman Nick Langworthy (R-NY-23) and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA-8), introduced the bipartisan Surge to Save Newborns Act to provide states with federal funding and resources to conduct newborn screenings for rare health conditions on the national Recommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP). These screenings identify newborns at risk of serious and treatable rare health conditions to prevent irreversible brain damage, lifelong disability or even death.
"Newborn screenings give families a critical opportunity to detect rare and deadly conditions in the first days of ...