Video Spotlights SCID Treatment Basics
When parents receive a diagnosis of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) for their baby, they don’t have much time to make a treatment decision. The sooner the baby is treated, the less chance the baby will develop an infection. Because babies with SCID have no functioning immune system, an infection could be life-threatening. Infection also
Read MoreGenetics and the Immune System
Problems in the genetic code cause primary immunodeficiency, and while we can’t identify all the genes connected to the more than 400 disorders which affect the immune system, we do at least know some of them. And that’s a start, according to Dr. Lori Broderick, an allergist/immunologist at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego and assistant
Read MoreA Closer Look at Newborn Screening
A few drops of blood from a newborn can reveal so much about the health of a baby. The testing of those blood droplets, along with tests for hearing loss and critical congenital heart conditions, comprise a routine newborn screening. And while the hearing test and heart test are relatively simple evaluations, the blood screening is more complex
Read MoreMail delays are continuing into 2021
The United States Postal Service is experiencing unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability due to the impacts of COVID-19, causing major delays in IDF’s 2020 end-of-year letter and other mailings. If you have already donated towards IDF or are wondering why you received a letter or mailing with the year 2020 on it, please
Read MoreMedicare IVIG Demonstration Extended
As we begin the new year, the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) is happy to confirm that with the enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act on December 28, 2020, individuals enrolled in the Medicare IVIG Demonstration can continue to receive their immunoglobulin (Ig) therapy at home without disruption through 2023. The Medicare IVIG
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