{"id":52595,"date":"2015-06-23T01:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=52595"},"modified":"2015-06-23T01:37:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:37:07","slug":"newfoundland-and-labrador-offers-newborn-testing-for-cystic-fibrosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/23\/newfoundland-and-labrador-offers-newborn-testing-for-cystic-fibrosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland and Labrador offers newborn testing for cystic fibrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_52596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52596\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Baby.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52596\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Baby.png\" alt=\"Photo from Babycenter.com\" width=\"709\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Baby.png 709w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Baby-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Babycenter.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>JOHN&#8217;S, N.L. \u2013 Newborns in Newfoundland and Labrador will now be tested for cystic fibrosis.<\/p>\n<p>The additional testing was announced in the 2014 budget after years of lobbying by families who have kids with CF.<\/p>\n<p>The test is performed by using a small blood sample to check for higher than normal levels of a chemical called immunoreactive trypsinogen (trip-SIN-oh-gin), or IRT.<\/p>\n<p>Positive screen results require additional testing, but do not necessarily mean a child has the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say it might mean they are at an increased risk.<\/p>\n<p>The province is one of the last in Canada to introduce newborn screening for cystic fibrosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHN&#8217;S, N.L. \u2013 Newborns in Newfoundland and Labrador will now be tested for cystic fibrosis. The additional testing was announced &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":52596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}