NOLA.com

Pre-pregnancy care can lower chances of birth defects, addressing five risk factors, CDC says

Two third of American women under 50 have at least one of five modifiable risk factors that can lead to birth defects. Here's ...
Florida Today

Pediatrics in Brevard: Take this advice to reduce risk of birth defects before, during pregnancy

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 ...
The Conversation

Toxoplasma is a common parasite that causes birth defects – but the US doesn’t screen for it during pregnancy

Bill Sullivan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that ...

First Trimester COVID-19 Vaccines Not Linked to Risk of Birth Defects, New Research Finds

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.
Inverse

Cats Carry A Common Parasite That Can Cause Birth Defects — So Why Don't We Screen For It?

Imagine the shock of your baby being born with a swollen brain, blindness, and debilitating seizures. Now imagine learning that these devastating conditions could have been prevented if you took a ...
Reuters

Weed killer atrazine may be linked to birth defect

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Living near farms that use the weed killer atrazine may up the risk of a rare birth defect, according to a study presented this past Friday at the annual meeting of the ...