SUNNYSIDE, Wash. - State and local health officials have invited those concerned about the region's high rate of the rare birth defect known as anencephaly to share their concerns at a community ...

After the troubling discovery earlier this year that Yakima County had logged an unexpectedly high number of fatal birth defects in 2012, the state Department of Health said Tuesday that its ...

The rate of spina bifida and anencephaly birth defects has fallen by more than one-third since the addition in 1998 of folic acid to the nation's enriched flours, rice and pastas, according to study a ...

GRAND FORKS — May is anencephaly awareness month. It's a fatal birth defect and it hits close to home for a UND football coach. Offensive coordinator Isaac Fruechte brings energy and NFL experience to ...