Zika is a scary virus because of the terrible birth defects it can cause. Now scientists have a clearer sense of the size of that risk. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Of that group, 122 pregnancies, or about 5 percent, resulted in Zika-associated birth defects, the data showed. Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means.

Scary new viruses emerge abruptly in our modern world, ... The alarm stems from an epidemic of birth defects in Brazil, which may be linked with Zika virus infection of mothers during pregnancy.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rare birth defect affects about one in every 2,500 births. “It was my greatest fear,” Bevans told NeedToKnow.co.uk Monday.

Colorado family welcomes home baby girl diagnosed with rare birth defect 02:14. A family in northern Colorado is sharing their story in hope of encouraging other parents who are going through a ...

An Oklahoma family has a message for children overcoming birth defects – Rock that Scar. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. Now, they might get to spread those words on a ...

Fox News host Bret Baier shares an update on his 17-year-old son, Paul, who had an emergency open heart surgery last year. As ...

Severe birth defects have become increasingly common as new research points to fentanyl misuse as a new possible cause. Recently, at least 30 infants across the US have been born with “fetal ...

About 1 in 2,100 children like Justice are born with tracheomalacia (TM), the most common inherited birth defect of the windpipe, ... The alternative is “so scary to think about,” she said.