A Tampa couple is grieving the loss of their daughter who was born with a rare but fatal birth defect.Catherine Mornhineway<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Catherine Mornhineway said during a 14-week ultrasound, a doctor diagnosed her unborn baby with anencephaly, a fatal birth ...

Mornhineway and Ford, 32, were told that their baby girl, whom they would name Haven, had anencephaly, a severe birth defect ...

Catherine Mornhineway and her partner, Andrew Ford, discovered their unborn baby girl had a serious birth defect known as anencephaly.

Changes are coming to tortillas in California in the new year, with a new law requiring manufacturers to add folic acid to corn masa products. The goal is to decrease birth defects in children born to ...

More than 40% of the 225 scientists and public health workers at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) were put on administrative leave earlier this month ...

Starting in 2026, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects — a change aimed at closing a gap for Latina mothers. This story was originally published by CalMatters.

The UK's new legal requirement for folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour does not go far enough and a bolder policy would prevent hundreds more birth defects each year, say researchers ...

As a pediatric surgeon and director of the Trauma Program at Children’s of Alabama, Robert Russell, M.D., MPH, cares for the youngest, smallest, and most innocent patients of Alabama. A professor in ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - What started as a hobby for Andrew Konkol has become a holiday tradition that now helps families in need throughout central Wisconsin. The Konkol family has operated ...