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Article: Three New States Join Efforts to Screen Newborns for Cystic Fibrosis
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 9, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Laurie Fink, Director of Media Relations of the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, +1-301-841-2602
Alabama, Vermont and Nevada Join 37 Others in Screening for Life-
Threatening, Genetic Disease
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Illinois and
Vermont have joined 37 other states and the District of Columbia in
requiring that all newborns be screened for cystic fibrosis at
birth.
In addition, the Nevada Department of Health has decided to begin
regular CF screening as well. Routine screening will be implemented