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 ...

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.

Every January, National Birth Defects Awareness Month serves as a reminder of the significance of early detection and prevention efforts in lowering the risk of congenital defects. Chromosomal ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Greater awareness can help improve the lives of those living with these conditions and widen the network of support. In ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

The Centers for Disease Control says a baby is born with a heart defect every 15 minutes and health experts are raising awareness of this unsettling statistic during Congenital Heart Defect Awareness ...

Every year on World Birth Defects Day (March 3), global health bodies like the World Health Organization promote awareness around congenital anomalies, a group of structural and functional disorders ...

RIYADH — People in the Kingdom are generally unaware of the high occurrence of birth defects in the country, according a leading clinical geneticist working with the Saudi Society of Medical Genetics.