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 ...

Many babies born with severe birth defects die within the first few days or weeks of life. shironosov/iStock via Getty Images Plus Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs ...

The New Year is a time to evaluate and to take steps to improve our lives. Obviously, birth is the ultimate new beginning, and it is appropriate that this month is National Birth Defects Awareness ...

Running a high fever during early pregnancy is known to be dangerous. A first-trimester fever can increase a baby's risk of developing a congenital heart defect and certain facial deformities, such as ...

Data scientists have created an artificial intelligence model that may more accurately predict which existing medicines, not currently classified as harmful, may in fact lead to congenital ...

Data scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and colleagues have created an artificial intelligence model that may more accurately predict which existing medicines, not ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

Megan Nix’s second daughter, Anna, was born in 2015 after a seemingly uneventful pregnancy. The baby was very small and failed her newborn hearing tests. When Anna’s pediatrician said he wanted to ...

The Zika virus causes microcephaly and other birth defects, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. “This study marks a turning point in the Zika outbreak. It is now clear ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to the ...

Infant mortality in the U.S. has increased by 7% since the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ...