LANSING, Mich. — January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and the state health department is offering tips on how to improve chances of giving birth to a happy and healthy baby. Each year, ...

Neural tube defects (NTDs) — flaws in the tube that develops into the brain and spine as the embryo develops — are the second most common birth defect following heart defects. In northern China, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Babies conceived using in vitro fertilization are two to four times as likely to have certain birth defects than those conceived naturally, U.S. researchers said on Monday. In ...

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An expansive study of more than half a million infants found that the COVID-19 vaccine, when administered during the first trimester of pregnancy, didn’t increase the risk of birth defects.

August 24, 2010 — Exposure to acyclovir or valacyclovir in the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk for major birth defects, according to the results of a large, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In observance of Birth Defects Awareness Month, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special ...

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It ...

Compared with unvaccinated pregnant women, those who had received an mRNA COVID vaccine in the first trimester did not have a significantly increased risk for major congenital malformations. However, ...