A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched grain products with ...

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 ...

A new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds some antidepressants may come with a risk of birth defects. The study found no links between antidepressant and birth defects ...

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

According to the CDC, every 4.5 minutes a baby is born with a birth defect. While it can often be scary for a new parent to ...

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

Early results of new studies of GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) blockbuster antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) show an increase in the risk of congenital birth defects when pregnant mothers taking the drug ...

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 ...

Valproic acid, also known as Depakote, may boost the chance of certain defects. June 10, 2010— -- Using the antiseizure medication valproic acid (Depakote) in the first trimester of pregnancy ...

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