Latest Down syndrome News

States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them

Feb. 28, 2024 15:06 PM EST

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — When Lilly Miller was in elementary school, teachers told her parents they needed to immediately sign up their youngest daughter, who has Down syndrome, for a wait list so the state would pay for a day program when she grew up. The teachers predicted a six-year wait. ...

US rivalry with China expands to biotech. Lawmakers see a failure to compete and want to act

Feb. 19, 2024 00:20 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America’s failure to compete with China in biotechnology, warning of the risks to U.S. national security and commercial interests. But as the two countries' rivalry expands into the biotech industry, some say that...