NHS guidance that marrying your first cousin could have “benefits” despite a greater risk of birth defects has caused outrage ...

The NHS has defended cousin marriage because most do not lead to birth defects, it has emerged. Midwives have been told about ...

January marks National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and local organizations are working together to raise awareness about ...

A document has claimed that there were some risks to the health of children from a close relative marriage, but they should ...

The most recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveals cases of gastroschisis, a serious birth defect of the abdominal wall, have more than doubled over the past 18 years in the U.S. Babies ...

According to the CDC, a baby is born with a major birth defect every 4.5 minutes in the U.S. North Dakota Health and Human ...

Practitioners who treat mothers and babies before and after birth are uniting to spread the word about birth defects. 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, ...

A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect.Catherine Mornhineway<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The rare birth defect is associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. &#151; -- At the center of the Zika virus crisis is the rise of a dangerous condition called microcephaly. The rare birth defect ...

Each year, 41,000 babies in Vietnam are born with defects. IVF and gene screening are offering families hope for healthy ...