California leads push to add key vitamin to corn tortillas, aimed at reducing Latino birth defects

Fifteen years after she lost her first baby to a rare and devastating birth defect, Andrea Lopez takes comfort in knowing ...
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Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. More states may follow.

Move is aimed to reduce high rates of neural tube defects in Hispanic infants ...
Texarkana Gazette

Corn tortillas in California now must contain folic acid. Texas shows interest in doing the same.

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.
New York Post

The rare birth defect that made Hailey Bieber’s pregnancy a ‘surprise’

Hailey Bieber has really opened up — and luckily, so did her uterus. On an episode of the podcast “She MD” this week, the beauty entrepreneur sat down with co-hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thaïs ...
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Family shares newborn's CHAOS birth defect story to educate others

AURORA, Colo. — Giving birth can certainly come with obstacles, some that are so rare, only certain hospitals are trained to help. That's what happened with newborn baby Adelaide May. However, the ...
NBC Los Angeles

Texas baby with rare defect to undergo life-changing facial reconstruction surgery

A Texas family is just days away from the first of several life-changing medical procedures for their baby. 11-month-old Brody Shain was born with a severe bilateral cleft lip and palate, meaning his ...