New birth data from the CDC reflects a major increase in birth rates among women over 40, as teen pregnancies continue to ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published ...

Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

More than 40% of the 225 scientists and public health workers at the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental ...

compared to only three in 10 births in 1990. The CDC found that these age-specific changes caused a shift in maternal age distributions. In 1990, females younger than 30 accounted for seven in 10 ...

Jayuanna Thomas, 25, told Newsweek that she makes a 'strong connection' with her patients, adding it "makes the entire birth experience more enjoyable!" ...

The CDC is investigating whether a Michigan baby's measles case is tied to a traveler who was contagious at Detroit, Grand ...

Thanks in part to federal funding for newborn hearing screening, about 98% of newborns are screened for hearing loss before ...

For the first time in U.S. history, more babies are being born to women over 40 than to teenagers. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control ...