Spina bifida, called myelomeningocele, occurs when spinal tissue fails to fuse properly during the early stages of pregnancy. The birth defect can lead to a range of lifelong cognitive, mobility, ...

“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 ...

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

BBC hit series Call the Midwife saw Baby June's parents leave her behind after she was born with a serious condition, leading many to investigate what was wrong with her ...

held in place with a biomaterial scaffold to form a “patch,” helped lambs with spina bifida walk without noticeable disability. “When the baby sheep who received stem cells were born ...

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 ...

Call the Midwife executive producer and writer Heidi Thomas has said she is "moved" by the viral response to Baby June's episode. During the third episode of season 14 of the BBC show, viewers watched ...

A baby is now thriving after undergoing complex back surgery when he was still in the womb. Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was ...

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 ...