Alberta announces expansion of newborn screening program, research for women's health

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Alberta is expanding the screening process for all newborns in the province and supporting more research related to women's health.

A woman pushes a baby carriage in the King's Heights neighborhood in Airdrie, Alta., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. the death of a newborn infant killed by a dog has shocked the quiet commuter town. Alberta is expanding the screening process for all newborns in the province and supporting more research related to women's health.

In the 2022-23 fiscal year, the program checked 99 per cent of Alberta-born infants and reported screen results for almost all within 10 days. Dr. Erin Brennand, head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, said the investment represents a "tangible first step" in removing gender disparity in health-care practice, policy, research and delivery.

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