Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The ...

White's male fetus had spina bifida — a hole in his lower back that exposed the vulnerable spinal cord. "When they said, 'Your baby has spina bifida,' I knew it wasn't good," says Joe Hensley ...

Spina bifida, or meningomyelocele, occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly during early pregnancy. Most often identified during prenatal ultrasound, the condition can lead to ...

Levi lives with spina bifida, a birth defect where the baby's spinal cord doesn't fully develop. "'It didn't form in your body correctly,' all of those words, I honestly felt like I was a failure ...