A new bill up for debate could help reduce the risk of birth defects. The bill looks to fortify enriched grain products with ...

After controlling for familial factors, acid-suppressive medications in pregnancy showed no association with risk for ...

Doctors explain why taking folic acid before pregnancy matters, how folate status affects fertility, and when to start ...

Practitioners who treat mothers and babies before and after birth are uniting to spread the word about birth defects. The Mothers and Babies Perinatal Network held a news conference with ...

Mom-and-pop shops will be exempt from this change, but big manufacturers in California will need to start adding folic acid ...

For pregnant women who received the bivalent prefusion F subunit-based respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (RSVpreF; ...

In a paper published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers have mapped how stress events during pregnancy can affect the neuroimmune landscape of the developing foetal brain.

With early diagnosis, expert surgical care, and intensive support, many of the babies with critical congenital heart disease ...

California now requires tortillas to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in the Latino community, where ...

Getting ready for pregnancy? Don’t forget this essential check: your folic acid levels. It’s a small step that plays a big role in early baby development.

Thyroid disorders can quietly disrupt women’s reproductive health, affecting periods, fertility, and pregnancy. Understand ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai an $8.5 million renewal grant to ...