Congenital heart defects, microcephaly, and more. ... Belarus, whose border with Ukraine is just four miles from the Chernobyl power plant, absorbed an estimated 70% of the nuclear fallout.

Rates of certain birth defects appear higher than normal in one of the Ukraine regions most affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, according to a new study.

The nuclear crisis in Japan has evoked memories of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Robert ... that were pregnant in the same time and in the same space do not show an elevated birth-defect rate.

The Emmy-winning HBO mini-series “Chernobyl,” which is a dramatized account of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster, ... The study of atomic bomb survivors did not show any increase in major birth ...

A study of birds around Chernobyl suggests that nuclear fallout, rather than stress and deteriorating living conditions, may be responsible for human birth defects in the region.

When Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant exploded on April 26, ... has a more severe form of the same heart defect and is scheduled to soon undergo corrective open-heart surgery.

Mutant wolves who roam the human-free Chernobyl Exclusion Zone have developed cancer-resilient genomes that could be key to helping humans fight the deadly disease, according to a study.

The stray dogs of Chernobyl -- whose ancestors were exposed to powerful blasts of radiation from the 1986 plant meltdown -- might have cancer-resistant genes. ... which saw extreme genetic defects.

Feral dogs living near Chernobyl differ genetically from their ancestors who survived the 1986 nuclear plant disaster—but these variations do not appear to stem from radioactivity-induced ...