The earliest months of Neanderthal life have remained one of the least understood chapters of human evolution. Fossils from ...

Neanderthal babies have always been hard to study, mostly because their remains are so rare. That scarcity has left one of ...

But new evidence has started to challenge the notion that human childbirth is uniquely dangerous. A new paper published today ...

Researchers found no higher miscarriage or birth defect rates for women taking drugs like Ozempic, but doctors urge caution during pregnancy. Experts encourage stopping the drugs about two months ...

GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (WRGB) — One Guilderland High School senior has been named a Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) Scholar, competing against thousands of students from across the country in the ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and naproxen, taken during the first trimester of pregnancy are not associated with an increased risk of major birth defects, according ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...

U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land during the Vietnam War in its herbicidal warfare campaign. (Wikimedia Commons) A Connecticut Army veteran and his daughter filed ...

Lee Niswander and Bethany Ehlmann recognized ‘for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research’ Two University of Colorado Boulder scientists have been elected members of the ...

Lee Niswander, distinguished professor in the CU Boulder Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been awarded the 2026 Hazel Barnes Prize. Established in 1991 by former ...

A U.S. Air Force C-123 flies along a South Vietnamese highway in May 1966, spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War ...

Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing that other Latina mothers might finally avoid the same pain. In January, ...