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 ...

A Seattle mother sends care packages to parents facing a common but scary birth defect in which a baby’s skull fuses closed too soon. Seattle Children’s experts explain the condition, ...

The mother of a nearly 2-year-old boy in the United Kingdom is opening up about her son’s rare birth defect that she described as a real-life case of “Humpty Dumpty.” Ronnie Jebbitt, now 20 ...

Dr. Camilla Ventura is treating 130 children with microcephaly in Brazil. — -- A Brazilian doctor working with 130 infants born with the rare birth defect associated with exposure to the Zika ...

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.

January is National Birth Defect Awareness Month and today we're talking with a mother of a child with birth defects who is a national advocate for birth defects awareness. ... at the sonogram around ...

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.

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 News for Future Moms Who Also Take Antidepressants New research links antidepressant use to increased risk of birth defects. By Elizabeth Narins Published: Jul 09, 2015 3:58 PM EDT ...

An increased risk of birth defects sounds scary, ... Nine percent of babies born after IVF had birth defects (about 1 in 15), versus 6.6% of infants conceived naturally (1 in 11).