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

Maternal thyroid function or the status of common thyroid autoantibodies during early pregnancy was not associated with an increased risk for birth defects in children; however, positivity for thyroid ...

A 17-year-old is returning to cheering after receiving a rare double organ transplant. Macey Brown, a high school senior in Fenton, Missouri, was given a second chance at life after she underwent a ...

Steven and Victoria Mendoza were thrilled to be expecting their first child. For the first several weeks, their pregnancy was ...

A Nigerian infant diagnosed with truncus arteriosus, a rare congenital heart defect, developed severe breathing problems at six weeks old. Because his Jehovah’s Witness family declined blood ...

BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would build a "childbirth-friendly society" in the next five years, ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — In the newest episode of 12 Health, one New Bedford family shares their experience with a rare and often undiagnosed hidden birth defect called laryngeal cleft.

Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Lafayette has expanded its NICU. The expansion adds 19 private family ...

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving medication without fear of it causing birth defects in their children. Valproic ...

“As the photos show, it is nothing short of a miracle that he survived,” said Katrina Cook, the mother of injured Jaylen Cook ...

Children born with single-ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life. A new study shows the challenges for these children ...

Scientists are moving toward a genetic test that could help thousands of mothers with epilepsy safely take life-saving medication without fear of it causing birth defects in their children. Subscribe ...