In January, California became the first U.S. state to require food makers to add folic acid to products like tortillas because of the high rate of neural tube defects in Hispanic infants.

Legislators and health experts are seeking to combat a common birth defect with one simple ingredient added to staple foods.

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

Analysis of U.S. survey data showed that two-thirds of reproductive age women had one or more modifiable risk factors for birth defects. Common risk factors included obesity, folate concentrations ...

Junctional neural tube defect caused by Prickle1 disruption as seen using advanced imaging.(Photo credit: Dr Jian Xiong Wang ...

Anencephaly is a serious neural tube condition that affects a baby’s brain and skull development. It happens very early in ...

Nearly a decade ago, an anencephaly cluster in Benton, Franklin and Yakima counties made headlines. Anencephaly is a fatal congenital malformation where major parts of the brain and skull fail to form ...

One in 46 babies has a birth defect - although the figure could be as high as one in 40, according to new research. England and Wales also has higher rates of neural tube defects such as spina bifida ...

A scientific breakthrough that could lead to the eradication of deadly neural tube defects in unborn babies has been ...