Five years ago, Miller School faculty played a key role in convincing the state of Florida to expand its newborn screening program to test for more than 30 inherited but treatable disorders. Now, that same persistence has prompted U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to approve a similar national standard for screening all newborns in the United States.

Late last month, Sebelius officially notified R. Rodney Howell, M.D., former chair of pediatrics at the Miller School now on assignment as senior advisor to the director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, that she is adopting as a national standard a recommendation that every newborn in the United States be screened for 30 disorders that require immediate intervention. As chairman of the panel that made the recommendation, the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children, Howell led the six-year effort to establish the national guidelines.

University of Miami Hospital's website has been re-launched with a fresh look, updated content and more user-friendly navigation. In addition, the homepage now includes news, events and service spotlight sections.

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The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis is a candidate for a $250,000 grant sponsored by the Pepsi Refresh Project. Cast your vote today and help The Miami Project fund its KiDZ Neuroscience Center. If awarded, the grant money will be used to expand the childhood unintentional injury prevention programs and educate more than 100,000 children and parents about injury prevention in the state of Florida.