Staten Island Advance

Music festival fundraiser June 7 will help those with rare birth defect

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Valerie Pepe will host the annual AMC Music Festival Saturday, June 7 at Killmeyer’s Old Baveria Inn at 6 p.m. The event raises funds for families affected by Arthrogryposis ...
VietNamNet

Every year, 41,000 Vietnamese babies are born with birth defects

Each year, 41,000 babies in Vietnam are born with defects. IVF and gene screening are offering families hope for healthy ...
WTSP

Study suggests bad corn caused birth defects in the Rio Grande Valley

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) -- A new study finds that contaminated corn may have caused an increase in babies born with rare birth defects in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.Scientists have been searching ...
WLTX19

Rescued Chincoteague foal matched with surrogate mother — and a prosthetic leg

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — A newborn Chincoteague foal is getting a second chance at life after being rescued from the wild with a rare birth defect. DSC Photography, which specializes in photographing ...
NBC Connecticut

Brazil Revises Birth Defect Count in Zika Investigation

Brazil’s Health Ministry reported fewer confirmed cases of a rare brain defect that may be tied to the Zika virus, NBC News reported. In new figures released Wednesday, only 270 of 4,180 suspected ...
KTHV

Rescued foal matched with surrogate mother — and a prosthetic leg

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — A newborn Chincoteague foal is getting a second chance at life after being rescued from the wild with a rare birth defect. DSC Photography, which specializes in photographing ...