A Nigerian infant diagnosed with truncus arteriosus, a rare congenital heart defect, developed severe breathing problems at six weeks old. Because his Jehovah’s Witness family declined blood ...

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About 30% of deaths among children under five in Malaysia between 2018 and 2022 were related to congenital conditions.

WHEN Katie Thomas’s daughter met her newborn baby brother for the first time, she couldn’t stop smiling… The six-year-old ...

Stem cell therapy performed on babies in the womb could reverse brain abnormalities linked to a severe birth defect, experts have said. Spina bifida occurs when a baby’s spine fails to develop fully ...

Steven and Victoria Mendoza were thrilled to be expecting their first child. For the first several weeks, their pregnancy was marked with morning sickness and routine checkups. But everything changed ...

Ivy Grace Kirkham was born on August 13, 2025 at Forth Valley Royal Hospital at 1.48pm, weighing 6lb 3oz.

Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the ...

Mabel Rose Correal, born in December 2025 with a rare condition, is on the transplant list for a new heart after surgery in February.

“As the photos show, it is nothing short of a miracle that he survived,” said Katrina Cook, the mother of injured Jaylen Cook ...

AFTER settling her four-week-old baby, Marcus, in his cot, Danielle Spink headed downstairs and opened the fridge. But she wasn’t craving a late-night snack – she was searching for a drug and ...

A New Jersey baby who was born at 24 weeks gestation is home from the hospital after spending the first nine months of her life in the neonatal intensive care unit. The baby, Chimamanda Myla Obidike, ...