We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.” ...

Robbie is taking on the challenge after his son was born with Down Syndrome and a partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) ...

When pregnant television newsreader Fiona Wilson was told, following a routine scan, that she had more chance of winning the Lottery than having a baby with Down's syndrome, she felt reassured ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...

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Jake Burger is using his platform to share the joys and challenges of raising a baby girl with Down syndrome. The 28-year-old MLB player welcomed his second child with wife Ashlyn Burger on Oct. 25, ...

Experts aren’t exactly sure why it happens but one risk factor is age: People who give birth over 35 are more likely to have a baby with Down syndrome, according to Cleveland Clinic.

Expecting a baby should be a magical time, but for one Tampa mom, she found it hard to find joy in her third pregnancy because of stigma. At 12 weeks, Ela Hersberger found out her daughter Anna Rose ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.

Jake Burger's first reaction to finding out his baby girl would be born with Down syndrome: "OK, and?" The baby, Penelope, had open heart surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center last month ...

Charlotte Woodward was born with a congenital heart condition, and as a child, she underwent four open heart surgeries. “Everyone thought that my fourth one would be my last,” Woodward, 33, a ...

“I was driving in the car, and my nurse called, and she said oh, your baby is going to have Down syndrome. Do you want to schedule an abortion? "Just like that?" I asked. Ela ...