Leiden researchers have found clues to why a rare pregnancy disorder is mild in some babies but life-threatening in others.

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Two third of American women under 50 have at least one of five modifiable risk factors that can lead to birth defects. Here's ...

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Moderna said on Wednesday it would stop developing its experimental vaccine to prevent cytomegalovirus, a virus that can cause birth defects, after it failed to meet the main goal of a late-stage ...

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - Hold on to your Mountaineer hats (on Sunday)! Strong winds are likely, and if thunderstorms form, they could be even stronger. That is not the only threat for the end of the ...

On a blistering June afternoon at the Koch County Hospital, a group of listless mothers, their babies in tow, lay sprawled on mats. One woman stared into space – a day earlier, she’d suffered a ...

A cold front is expected to bring storms to Mississippi later this week after a period of quiet weather. The main threats from the system are damaging winds up to 60 mph and hail up to the size of ...

Introduction: Compare outcomes of very preterm infants (VPIs) with a birth weight<1,500 g based on delivery mode and propensity score matching (PSM). Methods: This was a retrospective study (2016–2021 ...