The NHS has defended cousin marriage because most do not lead to birth defects, it has emerged. Midwives have been told about ...

The COVID vaccine does not increase the risk of birth defects in pregnant women Researchers found no risk in either the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech jabs The vaccine is recommended because COVID ...

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 ...

January marks National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and local organizations are working together to raise awareness about ...

A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched grain products with ...

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 of three women of childbearing age in the United States are at heightened risk for birth defects due to at least one environmental or lifestyle factor — but these factors are modifiable, new ...

Practitioners who treat mothers and babies before and after birth are uniting to spread the word about birth defects. The ...

Women who take opioid analgesics in the month before and during the early months of pregnancy could be at increased risk for birth defects in their babies, according to a study published in the ...

As former directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), we have spent our careers protecting ...

The window of opportunity to address risk factors for birth defects lies in pre-pregnancy care, according to a study based on responses from 5,374 women that published in August. Research, published ...