Evie's legacy: More babies to be screened for spinal muscular atrophy

Jan Malcolm, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health, and Randal Richardson, pediatric neurologist with Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare in St. Paul, announced Monday that spinal muscular atrophy has been added to the newborn screening panel in Minnesota. They are standing next to a photo of Evie Keister, who died of the rare neuromuscular disease in 2014 at the age of two.