Albert Einstein College of Medicine is joining Mass General Brigham, Boston Children's Hospital, and GeneDx in Building Evidence and Collaboration for GenOmics in Nationwide Newborn Screening (BEACONS)—the first multi-state pilot initiative to integrate whole genome sequencing into standard newborn screening and study how it can identify genetic conditions in the first year of life. With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, BEACONS aims to empower families with early, actionable genom