SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A rare, severe birth defect is on the rise in an inbred polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border, according to a doctor who has treated many of the children.

(Eric Gay, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Birth defects affect millions of families worldwide each year, shaping lives long before a child ...

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.

Congenital heart disease or defect is a common type of birth defect that needs medical attention. The exact cause is unclear, but it may be connected to genetic factors or the mother's health ...

One medieval royal family pushed inbreeding further than almost any other dynasty. Cousins married cousins generation after generation to preserve power. The result was devastating physical and mental ...

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Netanyahu as Julius Caesar, with his Royal Courtiers (Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden and their entourages) packed ...

More than 200 years after Chang and Eng Bunker became the world's first celebrity conjoined twins, this week the spotlight fell on Valeria and Camila - whose looks, style and lifestyle wouldn't look ...