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 ...

Agricultural workers are among the people most vulnerable to extreme heat. They toil under the hot sun and in humid ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 40% of the 225 scientists and public health workers at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) were put on administrative leave earlier this month ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that medical providers failed to properly monitor and respond to fetal distress during labor, and failed to inform of risks and alternatives to vaginal delivery, ...

She continued to respond to the livestream chat throughout the eight-hour process, even cracking jokes. Despite questions on whether the birth livestream conforms to Twitch’s content rules, the ...