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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many babies born with severe birth defects die within the first few days or weeks of life. shironosov/iStock via Getty Images Plus ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

Georgia Tech researchers demonstrated the mechanics behind neural tube closure, which can lead to severe or fatal birth ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...