The scientific debate is ongoing over whether congenital birth defects can be linked to radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that happened 30 years ago this month. Physicians in the ...

Three-month-old Ruslan suffers from CHD. He has already had open-heart surgery to correct his birth defects. Two-year-old Nadya has been diagnosed with hydrocephaly, a disorder characterized by a ...

In 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in ... Amid reports of other health problems - including birth defects - it still is not clear if any can be attributed to radiation.

"Chernobyl has been a negative part of ... Amid reports of other health problems - including birth defects - it still is not clear if any can be attributed to radiation.

The purpose of this report is to update findings of the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group’s Summary Report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident (INSAG-1), published ...

Babies Born After Fertility Treatment Have Higher Risk of Heart Defects, Study Suggests Sep. 27, 2024 — The risk of being born with a major heart defect is 36% higher in babies who were ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The International Chernobyl Project was launched in 1990 ...

CDC says 1 in 7 babies exposed to Zika have health problems One in seven infants exposed to Zika in utero experienced microcephaly, seizures, hearing deficiencies or other health problems during ...

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Every year around five million babies are born with birth defects (also known as congenital disorders), most of them in developing countries. Birth defects are rapidly becoming the leading cause of ...

Primodos, a pregnancy test drug, has led to a decades-long campaign by parents and children who claim it has caused a range of devastating birth defects. In 2017, Sky News revealed how documents ...

The birth defects were more likely, but still very uncommon, in infants conceived through certain fertility treatments, a large study found. By Teddy Rosenbluth Major heart defects are more common ...