In a study published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection, researchers in Singapore uncover no tie between repeated mRNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...

August 24, 2010 — Exposure to acyclovir or valacyclovir in the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects, according to the results of a large, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaccination did not increase the risk for major structural birth defects. Neither brand of mRNA vaccine was ...

Prepare for a truth bomb that challenges everything you thought you knew about creating life. For too long, the spotlight has been on one side of the equation. But what if we told you the untold story ...

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 ...

Need more of a reason to eat a healthy diet? Pregnant women who load up on fruits, veggies and whole grains have a reduced risk of having babies with neural tube defects, such as spina bifida or cleft ...

AURORA, Colo. -- For a two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Huntleigh has gone through a lot. She was born with her organs outside her body due to a rare birth defect called Omphalocele. "Omphalocele is a ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A California state law passed in January that required food makers to add folic acid to corn ...

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 ...