CHICAGO – Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words that the severe birth defects were “incompatible with life.” Support groups and social media showing the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said Wednesday there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies ...

Many babies born with severe birth defects die within the first few days or weeks of life. shironosov/iStock via Getty Images Plus Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs ...

Severe birth defects have become increasingly common as new research points to fentanyl misuse as a new possible cause. Recently, at least 30 infants across the US have been born with “fetal fentanyl ...

The number of babies born with severe birth defects affecting their growth and development is rising, as researchers now have strong evidence that illicit fentanyl is causing the problems. Hospitals ...

Up to 53 million American women of childbearing age have at least one risk factor that increases the odds of severe birth defects. A CDC study including survey responses from more than 5,300 women as ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Three babies with Zika-linked birth defects have been born in the U.S., the government reported Thursday in its first accounting of outcomes for pregnant women infected with the ...

Health experts in Washington state have been baffled by a string of severe birth defects, according to NBC News. Several cases of babies born with anencephaly, a condition in which they’re born ...

Vitamin B3 — found in meat and green vegetables — has been shown to prevent one genetic cause of birth defects and miscarriages, according to a new study. Overall, birth defects and miscarriage are ...

CHICAGO -- Parents of newborns with rare genetic conditions used to hear the grim words the severe birth defects were "incompatible with life." Support groups and social media showing the exceptions ...