The rare birth defect is associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. — -- At the center of the Zika virus crisis is the rise of a dangerous condition called microcephaly. The rare birth defect ...

A passing comment about the size of a baby’s head led to the infant being diagnosed with an extremely rare birth defect. Surgeons at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool have now used a brand ...

Surgeons have used a new technique to save the life of a toddler who was born with an extremely rare birth defect in what is thought to be a world first. Conor O’Rourke, now three, was diagnosed with ...

Ann Arbor, August 26, 2025 - An analysis using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) among 5,374 women of reproductive age indicates that two thirds of women within ...