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Image of a health care worker collecting an infant blood sample.
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A healthcare worker collects a few drops of blood from a pinprick to a newborn’s heel for use in a test to screen the baby for an inherited disorder. The newborn screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) uses blood collected the same way.
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U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt Eric T. Sheler - USAF Photographic Archives
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A healthcare worker collects a few drops of blood from a pinprick to a newborn’s heel for use in a test to screen the baby for an inherited disorder. The newborn screening test for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) uses blood collected the same way.
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Image of a health care worker collecting an infant blood sample.