Flour could be required to be fortified with folic acid to reduce birth defects in Ireland, under a proposal being considered ...

Rate of neural tube defects in Ireland higher than European average, with mandatory folic acid fortification of flour proven ...

Joe and Crystal Ossello braced themselves for perhaps only five minutes to meet their daughter, Harlow. They got 15½ hours together. Harlow had a neural tube defect called anencephaly, which means ...

Newborns, whose brains, spines or spinal cords do not properly develop in utero, can be born with neural tube defects (NTD), increasing their risk of physical disabilities, intellectual impairments ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of a tree. And now, it's also helping scientists understand serious birth ...

A recent viral tweet on X (formerly known as Twitter) by a Nigerian mother shared a heartbreaking story. She had missed her antenatal check-ups because she was hustling for money, and only went for a ...