Her blood work was abnormal. She and husband, Jared, went in for an ultrasound and got some news they never expected: Their developing baby had spina bifida. “They took us in a room and said ...

“Who better to teach a baby with spina bifida how to grow up to be independent and to manage their own care?” Hadley Peterson's doctor says Indiana couple Larry and Kelly Peterson have spina ...

There is no cure - babies who have the foetal surgery will still have spina bifida when they are born - but their physical strength and overall health are improved. So surely, having such ground ...

Spina bifida is the most common permanently disabling birth defect that is associated with life. Each year approximately 1,400 babies born in the United States have spina bifida, according to the U.S.

UC Davis Health’s groundbreaking trial aims to reverse the paralysis of spina bifida before birth. Multiple babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatment ...

Call the Midwife’s heart-rending storyline about a baby born with spina bifida being rejected by its parents sparked more than 30,000 visits to the NHS website. In the episode a mother gave ...

A baby survived an incredible spinal surgery inside the womb taken out of his mom's body at 26 weeks—and now both are ...

Carmel Proctor from Cusworth, Doncaster, was born with spina bifida in 1960. The fundraising day she planned for 9 August had to be cancelled because of lockdown, so she decided to walk 60 miles ...

A baby is now thriving after undergoing complex back surgery when he was still in the womb. Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida.