Ontario 1st province to add 'bubble boy' screening for newborns

Tuesday, August 20, 2013 - 08:30 in Health & Medicine

A boy with a rare and treatable "bubble boy" disease who was saved by a test after his family lost an older sister to the disease is welcoming Ontario's newborn screening announcement for the illness.

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