Nineteen weeks pregnant, Manheim Township resident Amanda Nesbitt went for an ultrasound to learn the gender of the baby. The ultrasound revealed the baby to be a girl. It also raised some red flags, ...

DAMASCUS, Ore. — An Oregon baby became the second person in the world to undergo a ground breaking surgery after he was diagnosed with spina bifida while still in the womb. Tobi Maginnis, now 8 months ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Callie Horne and her husband, Nash, met at the University of Texas at Austin. They found out their son, also named Nash, had spina bifida at her 20-week ultrasound. Spina bifida is a ...

SACRAMENTO — Researchers at UC Davis believe a new experimental procedure may help treat Spina Bifida. According to the Spina Bifida Association, "The condition is a type of neural tube defect (NTD) ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects 1,500 babies born each year in the U.S. It happens when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly. It can ...

A couple from Des Moines expected to find out during a routine appointment but instead received the difficult news their son had a severe form of spina bifida. An ultrasound at 18 weeks gestation ...

San Diego—April 1, 2025– Scientists at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine, and the Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego, have made a ...

At Michelle Johnson's 20-week ultrasound, she received the distressing news that her developing baby was diagnosed with myelomeningocele, also known as spina bifida. Spina bifida occurs when spinal ...

SACRAMENTO — A landmark clinical trial is underway at UC Davis Health: the world's first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells. A child taking their first steps marks a major ...

When the spine or spinal cord do not form properly during human development, a disorder called spina bifida, or meningomyelocele arises. People born with this condition can have very different ...