A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched grain products with ...

South Carolina ranks as one of the highest risk states for neural tube defects or NTD. NDT are severe birth defects of the brain and spine that occurs early in pregnancy. We are here today with Jane ...

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, and state officials are urging Michiganders to increase awareness of five tips that help reduce the chances of having a baby with a birth defect.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP)–According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention birth defects are the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States. One out of 33 babies in this country ...

Starting in 2026, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects — a change aimed at closing a ...

Cleft lip and palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans, affecting more than 175,000 newborns around the world each year. Yet despite decades of research, it's still not known ...

The rate of spina bifida and anencephaly birth defects has fallen by more than one-third since the addition in 1998 of folic acid to the nation's enriched flours, rice and pastas, according to study a ...

January is recognized as National Birth Defect Awareness month. It is a time to spread awareness and highlight the importance of measures to improve the health and quality of life for affected people.

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month, an educational focus to raise awareness on the frequency in which birth defects occur in the United States. We know not all birth defects can be ...

The UK Government's current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year ...