Getting an mRNA COVID-19 shot during the first trimester of pregnancy didn't lead to an increased risk of major structural birth defects, a multisite retrospective cohort study found. Major structural ...

Birth defects affect 3% of pregnancies in the United States. Screening and diagnostic tests during pregnancy can identify many birth defects. Parents can take critical steps to help prevent certain ...

Neither covid-19 infection nor vaccination during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with increased risk of major birth defects, finds a study from Scandinavia published by The BMJ today.

(Eric Gay, Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Birth defects affect millions of families worldwide each year, shaping lives long before a child ...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month and Nurse Al Romeo from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services is here to give us a few tips to help prevent birth defects. Are birth ...

SAN JUAN -- Two of the most commonly used drugs for treating hyperthyroidism were linked to birth defects when used in early pregnancy, though they have differing effects, researchers reported here.

Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have wondered whether it is because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself. A large new study from Australia suggests ...

After the troubling discovery earlier this year that Yakima County had logged an unexpectedly high number of fatal birth defects in 2012, the state Department of Health said Tuesday that its ...

One in 46 babies has a birth defect - although the figure could be as high as one in 40, according to new research. England and Wales also has higher rates of neural tube defects such as spina bifida ...

Gestational diabetes is a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. It is not usually associated with birth defects. However, some research indicates it may increase the risk of certain ...