Around 6 percent of fetuses or infants born to U.S. women with laboratory evidence of possible recent Zika infection showed evidence of Zika-related birth defects, according to a study published in ...

According to WHO, 6 per cent of babies are born with birth defects worldwide. Birth defects are structural or functional defects that occur when babies are developing in the mother's womb. Some of ...

A Birth Defect is a problem that happens while a baby is developing in the mother's body. Most birth defects happen within the first three months of pregnancy. Do you know how many canines or molar ...

A common antibiotic could result in birth defects if taken by pregnant women, a new study has warned. Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are common in pregnant women. Although they generally do not ...

Three infants have been born in the U.S. with birth defects due to the Zika virus, health officials report. The babies, whose mothers were infected with Zika, had brain problems like microcephaly, ...

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 ...

Ahead of World Birth Defects Day on March 3, the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the urgent need for stronger health interventions, revealing that approximately 300 children under the ...

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 ...