Reproductive-aged women who may be planning both pregnancy and international travel should consider preconceptional immunization, when pract...

Thimerosal is a mercury-containing compound that kills or prevents the growth of microorganisms.

Before a woman becomes pregnant, it is important for her to have good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.

Toxoplasmosis is an infection caused by a parasite. If a pregnant woman contracts toxoplasmosis, there is a 40% chance that her unborn child...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a problem with the heart's structure that is present at birth (congenital).

Anencephaly is a birth defect that affects the closing of the neural tube during pregnancy.

An omphalocele is a birth defect in which the infant's intestine or other organs within the abdomen stick out of the belly button or navel i...

Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822, to a relatively poor family in Dole, France.

How well does your birth control work? Whether you use a condom, take the birth control pill, or do nothing, this video tells you what perc...

If your lower back has called out sick, we'll help you nurse it back to health.