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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Babies could be put at risk due to ‘skin colour tests’ – report

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Babies from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds could be being put at risk because NHS tests are based on white babies, a new report suggests.

Current health assessments of newborns are decades old and “mainly based on white European babies”, experts said.

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