Two of the world's largest professional societies of human geneticists have issued a joint position statement on the promise and challenges of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), a new procedure to ...

In December 2022, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics made a recommendation that all expectant mothers should be offered non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) instead of traditional ...

Pregnant women can have prenatal testing performed during their pregnancies to determine whether or not their baby could have certain disorders. Two types of tests are chorionic villus sampling (CVS) ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning the public of the risk of false results, inappropriate use and inappropriate interpretation of results with non-invasive prenatal screening ...

Some say we are culturally obsessed with managing risk. You might disagree, but once you become pregnant, and especially as a first time parent-to-be, it can sure feel that way. In a growing numbers ...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Stand Up for APA, a nonprofit working to ensure that women of every background, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in the United States receive access ...

Imagine this: You just found out that you or your partner are pregnant, and your overwhelmed with emotions. You start thinking about prenatal vitamins, making your first provider appointment, car ...