The suit alleges that the state’s retention of baby blood samples for purposes other than disease screening violates the Fourth Amendment. (Getty Images) Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit seeking ...

Hannah Lovaglio is one of the New Jersey parents suing over the state's stockpile of newborn blood samples. Every state in the U.S. requires hospitals to take a small blood sample from newborns to ...

A group of parents have accused the state of New Jersey of “secretly retaining” their newborn babies’ blood in a “creepy database” without their consent. The lawsuit names two people from the New ...

Hannah Lovaglio's first son entered the world a month early. Nurses bustled in and out of the hospital room during his first days of life and frequently pricked his heel to check his blood, Lovaglio ...

A group of New Jersey parents filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the state’s practice of keeping newborn babies’ blood samples for 23 years without their parents’ knowledge. The state can ...

TRENTON - Upon the birth of her two children, Hannah Lovaglio knew blood samples were taken from her newborns to test for 62 different diseases and disorders. She didn't know the state Department of ...

Newborn screenings are important for assuring the well-being and timely treatment of medical issues for infants. These screenings identify conditions that can impact a child’s health and even survival ...