The newborn had a birth defect that left a gap in his lower spine, through which tissue pushed out and formed a giant, red, balloon-like structure. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

A Colorado family is connecting their community and raising awareness about clubfoot, a birth defect where a baby's foot is ...

Parenting a kid with birth defects is not only emotionally draining but also poses unique challenges that you probably didn’t prepare for when you were trying for pregnancy. Of course, you love your ...

A baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly remained hospitalized in northern New Jersey on Wednesday with the first such birth defect case in the Northeast and the third in the nation, officials at ...

Latallia Reynolds had an easy pregnancy up to 18 weeks when during a routine ultrasound doctors found a mass in her baby’s lung that was pressing against the baby’s heart and other lung. “It was hard.

A Santa Ana family is trying to raise awareness about their son’s rare medical condition while holding onto a hope that a life-changing surgery will take away his pain for good. 4-year-old Matthew ...

Baby born prematurely with birth defect goes home for the first time after nearly a year at children's hospital A baby with a medically fragile condition finally got to go home Thursday after spending ...

Nikki Warren-McClain and her husband, Ed McClain, of South Lake Tahoe wake up every morning not knowing whether their newborn son will even make it to the end of the day. The couples’ son, Kai, was ...

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a ...

Amber Boyd adopted the child after caring for her for a year in the hospital. — -- A pediatric nurse from New Mexico has adopted one of her tiny patients, who spent over a year in the hospital.

A nurse in Florida has been fired after posting photos of a baby born with a birth defect on social media, according to hospital officials. Officials at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami first ...