By Ethan Covey
A universal newborn screening and population-based surveillance program for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV), which was implemented in Minnesota during 2023, may facilitate understanding of the incidence of cCMV and identify groups at increased risk, according to a recent study.
Congenital CMV is the most frequent infectious cause of birth defects and nongenetic cause of permanent hearing loss in U.S. children, affecting approximately 0.5% of U.S. births (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly