A new study finds that women exposed to traffic-related air pollution in early pregnancy are at increased risk of having babies with certain types of serious birth defects. The study included women ...

RALEIGH, N.C. – A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina and increased risk of ...

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More than 120 babies have been born with serious birth defects caused by the Zika virus in U.S. territories, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Scientists reviewed 2,549 ...

Approximately 4 in 10 infants infected with Zika virus in the womb may develop significant birth defects, according to a recently updated study published in The New England Journal of Medicine. For ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pregnant women who are exposed to coal smoke and pesticides are up to four times more likely to have babies with serious birth defects than women not exposed to these chemicals, ...

Joe Lary, a retired epidemiologist, biologist, physicist, and athlete, was recognized by Marquis Who's Who for his accomplishments. Lary worked at the CDC, specializing in birth defects epidemiology ...

The effects of boozing can be detected in sperm for more than a month after cessation and can lead to some pretty serious birth defects, Texas A&M University scientists have found in — at least in ...

Birth defects can lead to functional abnormalities or deformities in the appearance of a baby. Birth defects are caused by many complications. In an interview with HT lifestyle, Dr Sonia Golani, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A long-awaited study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a link between tainted tap water at a U.S. Marine Corps base in North Carolina and increased risk ...