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NYS Expands Newborn Screening Program

By Allison Dunne

Albany, NY – State Health Department officials say New York will offer the nation's most comprehensive free newborn screening program. They say the number of diseases and disorders for which newborns will be screened will quadruple by next year. More from WAMC's Allison Dunne.