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As of today, there are no definitive tests to measure a child’s risk for developing autism. Since early intervention and therapy is key for at-risk children, such a test could be critical for managing the early development of a child.

Bob Greene says a friend's hospital bill from his 1947 birth is a reminder of how health care costs have skyrocketed, but also of how technological advances have made having a baby safer.

Babies born after in vitro fertilization have an increased risk of birth defects, the latest study shows.

Experts have warned about the dangers of kids swallowing magnets. But in an experimental surgery, magnets actually saved a newborn's life... A blockage somewhere inside Patrick's intestines was preventing him from moving his bowels. Doctors needed to fix it before his intestines ruptured and he died.

Birth photography is a small but growing profession chronicling a rite of passage no less significant than a wedding, though trickier to capture on film.

A baby that had been declared dead at birth was discovered alive by her parents after spending 12 hours in a frigid morgue drawer in Argentina.

China does not permit surrogate parenting, but that country's rising affluence has given many couples the option of using U.S. surrogacy clinics. Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies.

One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls are thriving, despite long odds when they entered the world weighing less than a pound.

Natalie Portman has a baby boy to go along with her Oscar....

The share of kids is declining in more counties and it's altering many parts of the quintessential family symbol: suburbia.