Wisconsin Newborn Screening Timeline

 

1965   Phenylketonuria (PKU)

1978   Hypothyroidism, Galactosemia and Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)

1978   Testing centralized at WSLH

1983   Homocystinuria (pilot)

1985   Cystic Fibrosis (research)

1988   Hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell disease)

1989   Blinded CDC HIV sero-prevalence study

1991   Biotinidase Deficiency

1992   Statute change allows DHS to specify test panel by rule; MSUD and Homocystinuria discontinued

1993  Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

1994  Cystic Fibrosis

1995  Blinded CDC HIV sero-prevalence study discontinued

2000  Fatty Acid Oxidation and Organic Acidemia

2002  Hearing Screening

2003  Aminoacidopathy addition (MSUD, Homocystinuria, Tyrosinemia, Argininosuccinic Acidemia, Citrullinemia)

2008  Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID)

2014  Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) screening

2017  Pompe Disease (pilot)

2019  Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Deficiency 1A and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

2022  Pompe Disease

2025  X-ALD and MPS I