WASHINGTON — The Zika virus is putting a spotlight on a potentially devastating birth defect that until now has gotten little public attention. Regardless of whether the mosquito-borne virus really ...

Researchers say they're seeing more babies born with a rare birth defect known as gastroschisis, and that many of the cases are clustered in small pockets of population on the East and West Coasts, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born with a rare heart defect, Wyatt Lopez was about a year old when he checked into the hospital. It took almost a whole year ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — In the newest episode of 12 Health, one New Bedford family shares their experience with a rare and often undiagnosed hidden birth defect called laryngeal cleft. Melissa and ...

A lab-grown oesophagus that can restore swallowing has been created by British scientists in a breakthrough that could transform treatment for babies born with severe birth defects. Researchers at ...

Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. In January, ...

Doctors at a Des Moines hospital are celebrating the success of a new surgical approach after a baby survived a rare, ...