The rate of certain birth defects among Zika-infected pregnant women in the U.S. was 20 times higher in 2016 compared to when the virus was first introduced into the Americas, according to a CDC ...

The number of babies born in Puerto Rico with microcephaly and other Zika-related birth defects is much lower than expected, leaving some experts to wonder if authorities from the island nation are ...

One in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. While some birth defects can be prevented, others may come as a surprise. Dr. Sarah Obican is Director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and co-director of ...

The mum of a little boy who's spent his whole life in Great Ormond Street Hospital says the family will "try our best" to ...

A toddler will spend his second Christmas in hospital due to a rare birth defect that, without special home adaptions, means ...

A Shawnee family is optimistic as their infant daughter, born with a rare respiratory defect, continues to recover after undergoing life-saving surgery at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. A Shawnee ...

Amber Boyd adopted the child after caring for her for a year in the hospital. — -- A pediatric nurse from New Mexico has adopted one of her tiny patients, who spent over a year in the hospital.

While Medicaid pays for prenatal ultrasound, publicly insured patients still end up getting the tests less often compared to those with private insurance, and they find out about infants having birth ...