AURORA, Colo. — Giving birth can certainly come with obstacles, some that are so rare, only certain hospitals are trained to help. That's what happened with newborn baby Adelaide May. However, the ...

Newborns with a heart defect may have two strikes against their future health, rather than one. Babies with heart birth defects appear to have a higher risk of developing childhood cancer, compared to ...

Ten years ago, health-care workers in Brownsville discovered a disturbing trend: High rates of children born at the Community Health Clinic with a rare condition called anencephaly: a fatal birth ...

The window of opportunity to address risk factors for birth defects lies in pre-pregnancy care, according to a study based on responses from 5,374 women that published in August. Research, published ...