On World Birth Defects Day, India's congenital anomalies burden is spotlighted with roughly 472,000 affected births annually, ...

Spina bifida is a type of neural tube defect, meaning that a fetus’ developing spine and spinal cord don’t fully form and ...

Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges that you probably didn’t prepare for when you were trying for pregnancy. Of course, you love your ...

For all the women thinking of getting pregnant or expecting, it is extremely important to know and understand the risk of birth defects. While they cannot always be prevented, experts say there are a ...

AURORA, Colo. -- For a two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Huntleigh has gone through a lot. She was born with her organs outside her body due to a rare birth defect called Omphalocele. "Omphalocele is a ...

August 24, 2010 — Exposure to acyclovir or valacyclovir in the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects, according to the results of a large, ...

The rare birth defect is associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. — -- At the center of the Zika virus crisis is the rise of a dangerous condition called microcephaly. The rare birth defect ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — According to the South Carolina Department of Public Health, birth defects are the leading cause of infant deaths in South Carolina and people born with a birth defect often face ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - January is the month to raise awareness about birth defects, how to prevent them, and how to support those affected. A birth defect is a health condition a baby develops before birth ...

India records nearly 26 million births annually, but without a unified tracking and response system, many babies born with ...

TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect. Catherine Mornhineway and Andrew Ford said they got the devastating ...

As former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), we have spent our careers protecting ...