Cytomegalovirus (CMV) recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to ...

An $11 million verdict has been awarded to the parents of a child born with congenital defects due to an anticonvulsant drug his mother took during pregnancy.

According to the CDC, CMV is the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States and can have lifelong consequences.

Mumbai: Anganwadi worker Ashwini Ghule almost gave up hope of finding a solution for her 13-year-old son Chaitanya's hearing problems when help came f.

Four years ago this month, every beat of newborn Justice Altidor’s heart came with labored breathing. Even after surgeons at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cut blood vessels from her heart ...

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.

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 ...

Health expert reveals all you need to know about congenital anomalies or birth defects - their types, causes and treatments ...

Key takeaways: Offspring of women with cancer had higher risk for birth defects compared with offspring of women without cancer. Defect risks included eye or ear, heart and circulatory ...

The offspring of adolescent and young adult women with a history of cancer face a higher risk of birth defects, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.