NHS guidance that marrying your first cousin could have “benefits” despite a greater risk of birth defects has caused outrage ...

According to the CDC, every 4.5 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect. While it can often be scary for a new parent to ...

According to the CDC, a baby is born with a major birth defect every 4.5 minutes in the U.S. North Dakota Health and Human ...

The researchers found that about 66.4% of women of reproductive age had at least 1 known modifiable risk factor. HealthDay News — About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United States have ...

Two-thirds of women in their child-bearing years have an increased risk for birth defects due to a lifestyle factor they can change, a new study says. These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 ...

A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect.Catherine Mornhineway<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Approximately 1 in 10 of pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections in the U.S. had a baby or fetus with birth defects in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report from the CDC. In 2016, nearly 1 ...

Taking an antibiotic for a common health problem during pregnancy could increase the risk of a baby having devastating birth defects, a study suggests. American scientists found that taking a specific ...

For the first time, scientists believe they've discovered a cause of multiple types of birth defects triggered by environmental stresses. The breakthrough made by scientists at the Victor Chang ...

Catherine Mornhineway said during a 14-week ultrasound, a doctor diagnosed her unborn baby with anencephaly, a fatal birth ...