Doctors have documented a young boy born with an eye-catching condition: a red, balloon-like sac on his back. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital detailed the case last month in the New ...

Severe birth defects have become increasingly common as new research points to fentanyl misuse as a new possible cause. Recently, at least 30 infants across the US have been born with “fetal fentanyl ...

The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found. By Teddy Rosenbluth Major heart defects are more common — ...

New York, N.Y. (WPVI) -- The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico today reported a jump in the number of mosquito-borne Zika virus cases. Health Secretary Ana Rius says there are 18 confirmed cases, though ...

Two of three women of childbearing age in the United States are at heightened risk for birth defects due to at least one environmental or lifestyle factor — but these factors are modifiable, new ...

Two-thirds of women in their child-bearing years have an increased risk for birth defects due to a lifestyle factor they can change, a new study says. These risk factors -- low levels of vitamin B9 ...

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 ...