With most babies, neonatal jaundice will go away on its own. It’s just a matter of waiting for the infant’s liver to catch up to the amount of bilirubin that needs to be removed.

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Early bilirubin screening identified 83% of neonates needing phototherapy at a median postnatal age of 24 hours, whereas 17% were identified using visual detection of jaundice at a median ...

One in eight newborn babies has a gene variant that almost completely protects against jaundice. The research provides the opportunity to develop a treatment that can prevent severe cases of jaundice.