For several months in April and November 2004, U.S. troops were engaged in some of the heaviest fighting they had seen since the Vietnam War, dropping more than 300 bombs, 391 rockets and roughly ...

Fallujah’s increase in birth anomalies has been attributed to ... insufficient folate intake can lead to neural tube defects in the fetus. War debris contains heavy metals that can also disrupt ...

In central Iraq, Fallujah was the scene of two destructive ... 2009-2010 (as opposed to around 2% in Egypt, for example). Birth defects were so widespread that some doctors warned parents to ...

Researchers Identify Growing List of Genetic Disorders Treatable Before or Immediately After Birth Apr. 9, 2025 — Researchers have identified nearly 300 genetic disorders that can be treated ...

Data were sourced from birth records to identify births among ... Primary outcomes were the risk for MCMs overall and by subgroups, including defects of the heart, limbs, orofacial clefts, genital ...

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

A surge of infections from a tropical virus is raising alarm among public health officials because it appears to be causing birth defects similar to those associated with Zika virus. Known as ...

Domestic researchers in a world first have identified the causes of congenital spina bifida, a birth defect that causes difficulties in walking and other physical problems. The Ministry of Science and ...

NTDs are the most common birth defect of the central nervous system and some of the most devastating congenital conditions. Despite an expected genetic link in as many as 60-70% of cases ...

Olivia Klopchin shares more about the condition in a video that's been viewed more than 16 million times, saying that it's the result of a birth defect Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE.

Alexandra Hildebrandt is now a mother of 10 after giving birth again -- at age 66. picture alliance via Getty Images It’s the miracle of birth. Despite all odds against her, a woman in Germany ...