The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

The Christoforos are challenging a law that restricts VA benefits to children with birth defects connected to a parent’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges ...

The VA provides disability compensation for birth defects to the children of women Vietnam veterans, but not to the children ...

Researchers investigating a widely used medication have uncovered an unexpected cellular process that may interfere with ...

A scientific breakthrough that could lead to the eradication of deadly neural tube defects in unborn babies has been ...

AURORA, Colo. -- For a two-and-a-half-month-old baby, Huntleigh has gone through a lot. She was born with her organs outside her body due to a rare birth defect called Omphalocele. "Omphalocele is a ...

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, ...

SAN JUAN -- Two of the most commonly used drugs for treating hyperthyroidism were linked to birth defects when used in early pregnancy, though they have differing effects, researchers reported here.

Two of three women of childbearing age in the United States are at heightened risk for birth defects due to at least one environmental or lifestyle factor — but these factors are modifiable, new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaccination did not increase the risk for major structural birth defects. Neither brand of mRNA vaccine was ...