Around 6 percent of fetuses or infants born to U.S. women with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika infection showed evidence of Zika-related birth defects, according to a study published in ...

For all the women thinking of getting pregnant or expecting, it is extremely important to know and understand the risk of birth defects. While they cannot always be prevented, experts say there are a ...

According to WHO, 6 per cent of babies are born with birth defects worldwide. Birth defects are structural or functional defects that occur when babies are developing in the mother's womb. Some of ...

A Birth Defect is a problem that happens while a baby is developing in the mother's body. Most birth defects happen within the first three months of pregnancy. Do you know how many canines or molar ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...

Three infants have been born in the U.S. with birth defects due to the Zika virus, health officials report. The babies, whose mothers were infected with Zika, had brain problems like microcephaly, ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month. About 3% of newborn babies are born with defects, which are the leading cause in infant deaths. LeeAnn Chatto, a certified ...

Ahead of World Birth Defects Day on March 3, the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the urgent need for stronger health interventions, revealing that approximately 300 children under the ...

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, ...