GeneDx

Every child deserves the chance for a healthier future – and that starts with answers.

Today, children with a rare genetic disease wait an average of five years for an accurate diagnosis, often enduring countless specialist visits, hospitalizations, and unnecessary disease progression along the way. For many families, those lost years can never be recovered.

That's why we're proud to partner with Florida's Sunshine Genetics Newborn Screening Program, a groundbreaking initiative that will offer whole genome sequencing to newborns and expand screening from 60 conditions to hundreds.

The science is clear: earlier diagnosis changes lives. It can guide medical management, identify associated health risks, connect families to specialized care, enable participation in clinical trials, and increasingly provide access to life-changing therapies – including gene therapies. In many cases, the greatest opportunity to change the course of disease is before symptoms ever appear.

As FOX 13 Tampa Bay highlighted, this program was inspired by the story of Representative Andrew Anderson, whose family experienced the devastating reality of a prolonged diagnostic odyssey before receiving a diagnosis of Tay-Sachs disease. His legacy is helping ensure future families receive answers sooner.

At GeneDx, we believe genomic newborn screening represents one of the greatest opportunities in healthcare today: moving from a system that reacts to disease to one that identifies it earlier, intervenes sooner, and gives every child the best possible start in life.

Thank you to State Representative Adam Anderson, Dr. Patricia Emmanuel of USF Health-University of South Florida, Tampa General Hospital, and the many advocates, clinicians, researchers, and families making this vision a reality.

Watch the full news coverage ➡️ https://genedx.co/4xv427F

“Mom” goes beyond a title. 💙

It’s the late nights, the advocacy, the questions that don’t go unasked.
It’s the strength to keep searching for answers, and the care given every step of the way.

This Mother’s Day, we honor the moms, the caregivers, the superheroes, and all those supporting individuals impacted by genetic conditions.

However you show up, your role matters.