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 ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - February is Heart Health Month and next week begins Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Month. Dr. Lance Lewis, a cardiologist with Novant Health, was in the studio to discuss ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb. While the virus can exist in a person for life without ...

Congenital heart defect (CHDs) is the most common birth defect worldwide, affecting millions of babies each year. In India, the incidence of CHDs is 8-10 per 1,000. Many are detected during pregnancy ...

The most recent CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveals cases of gastroschisis, a serious birth defect of the abdominal wall, have more than doubled over the past 18 years in the U.S. Babies ...

An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within this demographic have at least ...

One in 33 babies in the United States are born with birth defects. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising awareness of ways to lower that risk. The study points ...

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 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the use of a first-of-its-kind medical device to treat infants up to one year old for a rare birth defect that causes a gap in the ...