News and Views
New Vaccine Could Prevent the #1 Infectious Cause of Birth Defects
Megan H. Pesch was blindsided when her third child, baby Odessa, completely lost her hearing at 2½ months due to an infection. Pesch, a...
Read More
Spina Bifida Association Supports Federal Registry for Spina Bifida
About 166,000 people in the United States have spina bifida, according to the Spina Bifida Association (SBA), a voluntary organization that advocates...
Read More
Boeing Exposed Workers to Birth-Defect Causing Chemicals
Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, space, and security systems, has been flying loose...
Read More
Maryland One of Several States Looking to Ban “Forever Chemicals”
With toxic chemicals turning up in drinking water throughout Maryland, Governor Larry Hogan recently signed a bill that bans the use of per- and...
Read More
Rochester family raises awareness of omphalocele, a rare birth defect
After trying for three years to conceive, the Lewis family was devastated to learn at their first ultrasound that their baby Leo’s internal organs...
Read More
Students Build Bus Stop for Boy with Spina Bifida
Ryder Killam, a 5-year-old kindergarten student in Westerley, Rhode Island, was born with myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida....
Read More
How Fracking Can Affect the Health of Infants
Living near a hydraulic fracking site can raise health risks to newborns, with mothers residing within a half mile more likely to give birth to...
Read More
Charlotte Family Raises Awareness About Congenital Heart Defects in Infants
If Breyanna Barton hadn’t taken her daughter, Journi Heggins, for a routine doctor’s appointment about three weeks after she was born, there’s...
Read More
Prevention and Prenatal Care Can Lower the Risk of Birth Defects
About three percent of babies born in the United States each year are affected by birth defects. Birth defects, also called congenital defects or...
Read More
4 Fast Facts on Dangerous PVC in Schools
Exposure to harmful chemicals starts in the womb. What the mother eats and encounters in her everyday life will affect the baby she is carrying....
Read More