Anencephaly is a serious birth defect where a baby is born without parts of their skull and brain. It's a rare type of neural tube defect that affects about 1 in 4,600 babies.

Anencephaly is a congenital disorder in which the brain and bones of the skull don’t form completely while the baby is in the womb. There is no cure. We’ll tell you what you need to know about ...

Anencephaly occurs when an infant is born without parts of their brain and skull. It is a severe congenital anomaly, which means that a baby develops anencephaly in the womb.

Anencephaly is a rare and fatal neural tube defect that affects the development of the fetus' brain and skull. It occurs in 3 out of 10,000 births each year in the U.S., according to the Centers ...

After learning their baby had anencephaly at their 12-week ultrasound, Andy and Stephanie Schoonover made the decision to carry their baby to term.

The 9-day-old baby with anencephaly, whose inevitable death occurred on Monday, was not allowed to help another endangered child survive by the gift of an organ for transplant.

The prognosis for a baby with anencephaly is dire. The National Institutes of Health says that “if the infant is not stillborn, it will usually die within a few hours or days after birth.” ...

Joe and Crystal Ossello braced themselves for perhaps only five minutes to meet their daughter, Harlow. They got 15 ½ hours together. Harlow had a neural tube defect called anencephaly, which ...

Baby Shane was born with anencephaly. — -- The Pennsylvania couple that carried out a heartbreaking bucket list for an unborn baby with a terminal condition announced the birth of the boy ...